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प्रश्न
Why are there great variations in the climate of the Indian sub-continent.
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उत्तर
India has diverse conditions. There are sharp variations in temperature and precipitation from place to place and Season to Season. The Indian climate is controlled by the following factors:
(i) Situation (ii) Relief (iii) Surface winds (iv) Upper current.
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?
‘Rainfall decreases as one travels up the Ganges Valley.’ Why?
The Northern Plains of India have a Continental type of climate.
Patna receives heavier rain than Delhi.
Chennai has a lower annual range of temperature than Lucknow.
Kanyakumari is the first to receive the south-west monsoon stream and the last to see its retreat.
Western coastal plains receive more rainfall than the Eastern coastal plains.
Name the regions of moderate rainfall in India.
What is the direction of the summer monsoon on the Indo-Gangetic Plain?
Name two rainiest stations.
