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प्रश्न
Name the state in India where there is highest rainfall.
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उत्तर
Meghalaya.
संबंधित प्रश्न
Give a reason for each of the following:
The Summer Monsoon winds blow over the Arabian Sea from the South West.
Give geographical reasons for each of the following:
The Ganga Plains gets the monsoon rain much later than the west coast of India.
What is the most important feature of the tropical monsoon type of climate?
What is meant by a ‘Rain Shadow’ area?
Rajasthan receives very little rainfall.
Study the climatic data provided below and answer the questions that follow:
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | June | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| Station A (sea level) | ||||||||||||
| Temperature (°C) | 24.4 | 28.4 | 20.7 | 29.3 | 30.0 | 29.9 | 29.8 | 27.8 | 26.9 | 26.3 | 25.1 | 24.8 |
| Rainfall (cm) | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 3.8 | 26.6 | 29.6 | 30.5 | 26.5 | 11.9 | 1.1 | 0.2 |
| Station B (800 m above sea level) | ||||||||||||
| Temperature (°C) | 8.1 | 8.9 | 15.6 | 20.1. | 25.2 | 24.3 | 24.1 | 22.7 | 20.6 | 18.4 | 14.1 | 9.6 |
| Rainfall (cm) | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 3.2 | 7.7 | 1.3 | 5.8 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
- Calculate the annual range of temperature of Station A Suggest a reason why the range is small one.
- Which of the two Stations has the lower temperature? Why?
- Calculate the annual rainfall of Station B.
Study the climatic data given below and answer the questions that follow:
| Month | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | Jun. | Jul. | Aug. | Sep. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. |
| °C | 25.0 | 25.5 | 26.3 | 27.1 | 30.0 | 36.2 | 36.0 | 35.9 | 30.3 | 28.4 | 27.0 | 24.6 |
| cm | 24.5 | 23.1 | 15.0 | 2.4 | 0.1 | 11.0 | 9.3 | 7.2 | 4.0 | 9.4 | 14.5 | 20.4 |
(i) Calculate the annual temperature range.
(ii) What is the total annual rainfall?
(iii) Presuming that the station is located in India, give a reason for its location being on the east coast or the west coast of India.
Name the winds which provide relief rainfall to the Tamil Nadu coast?
Seventy-five percentage of Indian rainfall is from this wind.
Now find out
Why are Tiruvanantapuram and Shillong rainier in June than in July?
