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प्रश्न
Central Maharashtra receives little rainfall.
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उत्तर
Central Maharashtra receives little rainfall because it lies in the rain shadow region of western ghats when Arabian sea branch strikes it.
संबंधित प्रश्न
Name a state that is the first to experience the onset of the monsoon.
Study the climatic data given below and answer the questions that follow:
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | June | July | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| Temperature in °C |
12.0 | 25.5 | 26.3 | 27.1 | 30.0 | 36.2 | 36.0 | 35.9 | 30.3 | 28.4 | 21.0 | 16.6 |
| Rainfall cm | 1.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 21.0 | 25.3 | 27.2 | 24.0 | 9.4 | 1.5 | 0.4 |
1) What is the annual range of temperature of the station?
2) What is the total annual rainfall experienced by the station?
3) Why would it be correct to presume that the station lies in the interior and not on the coast?
Mention the different sources of rain in Punjab and Tamil Nadu during the winter season.
Mention the geographical reason for the following:
Western Rajasthan receives no rain from the Arabian Sea branch of the South West Monsoon winds.
- Name two rainiest stations.
- Name two driest stations.
- Two stations with the most equable climate.
- Two stations with the most extreme climate.
- Two stations are most influenced by the Arabian branch of southwest monsoons.
- Two stations are most influenced by the Bay of Bengal branch of south-west monsoons.
- Two stations influenced by both branches of the south-west monsoons
- Two stations influenced by retreating and north-east monsoons.
- Two stations are receiving winter showers from the western disturbances.
- The two hottest stations in the months of
- February
- April
- May
- June
Which type of climate is experienced in the Northern Plains of India? State one main characteristic of this type of climate.
Patna receives heavier rain than Delhi.
Kanyakumari is the first to receive the south-west monsoon stream and the last to see its retreat.
Western coastal plains receive more rainfall than the Eastern coastal plains.
What is the source of winter rainfall in Tamil Nadu?
