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Caravan : It is a house on wheels. It is a mobile

house. It can be easily taken from one place to
another. Gypsies or nomads and people who work in

a circus usually live in these houses.

Houseboat : Wooden houses Caravan
made on boats are called houseboats . It is a floating

house found in the lake of Kashmir and Kerala.
They are called Shikaras . Chinese houseboat is

called a Sampan .
Houseboat

Special Houses

Igloo : An igloo is a house built from thick ice
blocks. It is found in very cold places. Usually,

Eskimos make igloos to live in.

Stilt House : It is made on Igloo
long pieces of wood or metal. It is found in places,

where it rains very heavily and floods are common.

Water cannot enter or wash away these houses as
they are high above the ground.

Stilt House
Slopping Roof House : In hilly areas with heavy

rainfall, houses are made with sloping roofs. So that
snow and water can slide down easily.

A Good House Slopping Roof House

A good house should be clean and airy. It should get plenty of sunlight
and have plants around it.

Clothes

We wear different kinds of clothes. Clothes cover our body. They protect
us from heat, cold, rain dust and insects. We wear different clothes at

different times of the day.

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