UPSC Prelims 1998Question 64Geography

Some people in Manipur live in houses built on floating islands of weeds and decaying vegetation held together by suspended silt. These islands are called

Options

(a)Tipis
(b)Barkhans
(c)Phoomdis
(d)Izba

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