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प्रश्न
Give a geographical reason for each of the following:
The city of Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh has a higher range of temperature than that of Chennai in Tamil Nadu.
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उत्तर
The city of Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh lies in the interiors of the plain region. The plain regions experience the continental type of climate with a wider range of temperature. Chennai, on the other hand, is a coastal region and experiences the moderate type of climate in which the range of temperature is low.
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25.0 | 25.5 | 26.3 | 27.1 | 30.0 | 36.2 | 36.0 | 35.9 | 35.9 | 29.3 | 27.0 | 24.6 |
| Rainfall cm | 24.5 | 23.1 | 15.0 | 2.4 | 0.1 | 11.0 | 9.3 | 4.0 | 10.5 | 4.0 | 14.5 | 20.4 |
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