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प्रश्न
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.
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उत्तर
Cherrapunji is located in a funnel shaped depression within the Garo-Khasi hills, where South-west monsoon wind get entrapped and it continues to rain in heavy downpours during the rainy Season. On the other hand Shillong is situated in the rain shadow region.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Name a state that is the first to experience the onset of the monsoon.
State two differences between the rainfalls that occur from June to September and that from December to February in North India.
Give a geographical reason for each of the following:
Kerala has the longest rainy season.
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 |
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 |
1) Calculate the annual temperature range.
2) What is the total annual rainfall?
3) Presuming that the station is located in India, give a reason for its location being on the east coast or west coast of India.
Chennai has a lower annual range of temperature than Lucknow.
Given below is the climatic data of a station. Study the table and answer the questions that follow:
| Month | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug. | Sep. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. |
| Temperature °C | 24.5 | 25.7 | 27.7 | 20-4 | 30.0 | 32.5 | 31.0 | 30.2 | 29.8 | 28.0 | 25.9 | 24.7 |
| Rainfall cm | 4.6 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 8.7 | 11.3 | 11.9 | 30.6 | 35.0 | 13.9 |
- Calculate the annual rainfall experienced by the station.
- What is the annual range of temperature?
- Name the wettest month.
Study the table given below and answer the questions that follow:
| Station | Month | J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D |
| A | Temperature in Degree C. | 14.4 | 16.7 | 23.3 | 30.0 | 33.3 | 33.3 | 30.0 | 29.4 | 28.9 | 25.6 | 19.4 | 15.6 |
| Rainfall in cm | 2.5 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 10 | 1.8 | 7.4 | 19.3 | 17.8 | 11.9 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 1.0 | |
| B | Temperature in Degree C. | 24.4 | 24.4 | 26.7 | 28.3 | 300 | 28.9 | 27.2 | 27.2 | 27.2 | 27.8 | 27.2 | 25.0 |
| Rainfall in cm | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 10 | 1.8 | 50.6 | 61.0 | 24.8 | 24.8 | 24.8 | 1.0 | 0.7 |
(i) Calculate the annual rainfall in station A.
(ii) What is the annual range of temperature in station B?
(iii) Which of the two stations has an equable climate?
Name two driest stations.
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Why is July rainier in Mumbai than in Thiruvananthapuram?
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?
