OBI DESERT

SECOND CHALLENGE TO STUDENTSMatch the following descriptions to each

slide shown earlier.1) One of the harshest and coldest

biomes on Earth, it is a treeless region which is covered by much snow.

2) It is a boreal forest of average temperature below freezing level during winter months.

3) It is a semi arid grassland between Eurasian mountain ranges.

4) It is a range of mountains extending from Pakistan to Afghanistan.

5) Regarded by Hinduism followers as sacred, people bathe here to cure diseases. They also spread ashes of the dead here to symbolize journey to next life.

6) It is the world’s largest bay and its shores belong to Sri Lanka, India, Myanmar, Thailand and Bangladesh.

7) The world’s 11th largest river, it runs through five countries namely China, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar and Cambodia and made possible the building of the famous Angkor Wat.

CONTINUATION….8) It is a horseshoe shaped land strip of the

world home to 75% of the world’s volcanoes and famous for earthquakes.

9) Cradle of mankind’s civilization, it is a crescent shaped area in the Middle east.

10) This famous gulf venue of the bloody gulf war borders some of Western Asian countries.

11) It is the fifth largest desert of the world with extreme temperature.

12) Also known as Yellow River, it is the sixth largest river of the world and is named after its violent tendencies.

CONTINUATION…13) It is a 2000 year old mountain carving which can

circle half the globe if put end to end. Very famous, it was largely made by human hands.

14) The only landmark on earth visible from the moon, it consists of many walls built as China’s fortification against the Nomads of the North. Built not at one time, the famous wall was built during Shi Huang Ti’s reign.

15) The highest mountain of the world, it was named after its first surveyor.

CONTINUATION…..16) Considered one of the world’s most beautiful

structures, it is a symbol of eternal love of Shah Jahah for his dead wife Mumtaz Mahal.

17) It is the world’s largest religious building, a temple for Hinduism built during the Khmer empire.

18) These 26 atolls comprise the country it is named after.

19) Made of 88 floors, it was the tallest building until 2004.

20) Composed of 60 floors, it is said to be the world’s one and only seven star hotel and is the world’s most expensive.