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प्रश्न
Name the winds which are responsible for heavy rainfall in India.
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उत्तर
South-West Monsoon winds and North-East Monsoon winds.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Mention the geographical reasons for the following:
Patna receives heavier rain than Delhi.
Study the climate 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 |
23.1 | 24.8 | 26.5 | 29.2 | 32 | 32.8 | 33.1 | 32.1 | 30.5 | 29.3 | 28.7 | 26.1 |
| Rainfall cm | 15.3 | 10.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 4.5 | 6.1 | 10.2 | 10.5 | 20.1 | 16.8 | 19.0 |
- Calculate the annual rainfall experienced by the station.
- Suggest the name of this station, giving a reason for your answer.
- Name the season during which the rainfall is heaviest.
Re-arrange the ten stations in two different sequences:
(i) According to their distance from the equator.
(ii) According to their altitude above mean sea-level.
‘Rainfall decreases as one travels up the Ganges Valley.’ Why?
India is known as the land of the endless growing Season. Explain.
Why does the Tamil Nadu coast get rainfall in October?
Thar Desert gets very little rain.
Give reason why Shillong gets hardly 200 cm., rainfall during the year, whereas Cherrapunji gets more than 1250 cm, of rainfall although they are situated very close to each other.
Now find out
Why is Kolkata rainier in July than in June unlike Shillong which is rainier in June than in July?
Study the climate data of Station X and answer the questions that follow:
| Month | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug. | Sep. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. |
| Temperature °C | 21.0 | 21.9 | 24.3 | 27.2 | 28.0 | 26.4 | 26.1 | 25.4 | 26.0 | 26.0 | 23.8 | 21.2 |
| Rainfall in cm | 5.1 | 2.8 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 8.4 | 11.4 | 11.9 | 31.6 | 34.5 | 14.8 |
- Calculate the annual range of temperature of Station X.
- Name the wind that brings most of the rainfall to this station.
- On which coast of India is Station X located?
