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प्रश्न
Give a reason for each of the following:
Kolkata receives heavier rain than Lucknow.
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उत्तर
During the monsoon, there is a decrease in rainfall as one goes from east to west. As Kolkata lies to the east of Lucknow, the former receives heavier rainfall than the latter.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
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?
Name the following: The local wind that brings a light rainfall to South India and is good for tea and
coffee crops.
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.
- 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 parallel of latitude divides India into the northern and southern halves.
State the climatic significance of the Himalayas to the people of South Asia.
Or
Describe the two ways in which the Himalayas influence the climate of India.
The average rainfall of India is about ______.
The amount of rainfall received by ______ is 100 to 200 cm of rainfall.
Name two rainiest stations.
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Why are Tiruvanantapuram and Shillong rainier in June than in July?
