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/fum.di/ · noun
A floating island, made up of vegetation and soil, found on Loktak lake in India..
[…] other woes afflicting the sangai . A phumdi less than one meter thick is dangerous to the animals as it fails to hold the weight of an adult deer (Shamungou, 1990).
Phumdis occur mostly in comparatively shallower areas between contours of 766 m to 768 m , which usually are dry or sustain slight moisture during wet season. Under natural conditions, i.e. during pre barrage period, water level of the lake […]
Rakhon lives with his family on Champu Khangpok, a phumdi village on Loktak Lake populated by around 1,500 people. 'My great great grandfather lived here, and those before him. How can we fish in the Loktak waters without having the safety of our huts? The high winds and rough weather could kill us anytime', he says.
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Phumdi means A floating island, made up of vegetation and soil, found on Loktak lake in India..
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[…] other woes afflicting the sangai . A phumdi less than one meter thick is dangerous to the animals as it fails to hold the weight of an adult deer (Shamungou, 1990).
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