First Children Encyclopedia

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Southeast Asia


The Komodo dragon. It can grow to 3 m (10 ft) long.^47


Rice paddies


The wet climate is ideal for growing


rice. Farmers plant it in flooded fields


called paddies, which are sometimes


built like steps in the sides of hills.


A very rare kind of ape?
Orang-utans live only
in Borneo and Sumatra.

An animal with tusks that
grow through its face? The
babirusa is a kind of pig.

The world’s largest flower?
Rafflesia grows to nearly
a metre (3 feet) wide.

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Tuna

Nutmeg

Babirusa

Komodo dragon

Vinta boats

Toraja house

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