Houseboats are floating boats in the form of houses. Houseboats are traditional boats constructed with bamboo, coconut fibre, coir ropes, carpets and other wooden materials. These are found in Dal Lake in Kashmir and the backwaters of Kerala.

Observe the picture and answer the following question: Why are the houses made of bamboo pillars where Bhupen lives?

Bhupen lives in Assam, where it rains heavily. So, the houses are made of bamboo pillars to help the rain water to pass easily and also to keep the house safe during a flood which can happen due to heavy and continuos rains fall.

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A _____ is a floating house.

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At night the ladder is removed from these bamboo houses. Can you tell why?

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Where are houseboats seen in India?

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What is the name of the house in a boat?

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How is houseboat different from other houses?

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These houses are mostly found in Kashmir and Kerala.

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Fill in the blanks using the word clues.

(Umbrella, Pucca, Eskimos, Animals, Houseboat)

A _____ is a wooden house that floats on water.

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A floating house is also called _____.

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What are houseboats?

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There are many small rivers, which get flooded when it rains. Many people live here, and some of them go up and down the river buying and selling things.
If you were a person living in this place, what kind of house would you build?

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Fill in the blank using the right word:

People in the lakes in Kashmir and Kerala live in _____. (caravan/houseboat)

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How can one enter into houses made of bamboo pillars?

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Atul visits an area where he sees most of the houses quite high from the ground level and are standing on wooden poles. This is because the people living there want to be safe from

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The Dal Lake in Kashmir has many _____.
(Tents, Caravans, Houseboats).

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Observe the picture and answer the following question:

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