(a) What is the name given to the climate of India ? Mention any two f

1.	(a) What is the name given to the climate of India ? Mention any two factors responsible for such a type of climate.(b) Name the following: (i) The winds that bring heavy rain to Cherrapunji. (ii) The local wind that bring a light rainfall to South India and is good for tea and coffee crops.(c) Give a geographical reason for each of the following:(i) Kanpur has extreme temperature conditions. (ii) Kochi is warmer than Mumbai even though both lie on the western coast of India. (iii) The Ganga Plain gets the monsoon rain much later than the west coast of India. (d) Study the climatic data of station x given below and answer the questions that follow:Month JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVTemp °C24.525.727.728.430.032.531.030.229.828.025.9Rainfall cm4.31.61.72.42.84.68.611.411.830.635.0(i) Calculate the total annual rainfall experienced by the station. (ii) What is the annual range of temperature ? (iii) On which coast of India does the station lie ? Give a reason for your answer
Answer» (a) Name given to the Indian climate – ‘Tropical Monsoon Type’. Two factors responsible for it are : (i) Altitude (ii) Distance from the sea. (b) (i) Moisture Laiden Monsoon winds of Bay of Bengal Branch of South West Monsoon. (ii) Mango Showers. (c) (i) Kanpur has extreme type of temperature conditions because it is away from the influence from the sea and is not influenced by the land and sea breezes. (ii) Kochi is warmer than Mumbai even though both lie on the western coast of India because Kochi is located on lower latitude and is close to the equator. (iii) Ganga plain gets the monsoon rain much later than the west coast of India because Ganga plain lies in the north India and the monsoon being S.W. Monsoon, first strikes the west coast of India. (d) (i) Total annual rainfall experienced by the station is 128.7 cm. (ii) Annual range of temperature of the station is 8°C. (iii) Station lies on the east coast of India because it receives its maximum rainfall in the month of October and November.

(a) What is the name given to the climate of India ? Mention any two factors responsible for such a type of climate.(b) Name the following: (i) The winds that bring heavy rain to Cherrapunji. (ii) The local wind that bring a light rainfall to South India and is good for tea and coffee crops.(c) Give a geographical reason for each of the following:(i) Kanpur has extreme temperature conditions. (ii) Kochi is warmer than Mumbai even though both lie on the western coast of India. (iii) The Ganga Plain gets the monsoon rain much later than the west coast of India. (d) Study the climatic data of station x given below and answer the questions that follow:Month JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVTemp °C24.525.727.728.430.032.531.030.229.828.025.9Rainfall cm4.31.61.72.42.84.68.611.411.830.635.0(i) Calculate the total annual rainfall experienced by the station. (ii) What is the annual range of temperature ? (iii) On which coast of India does the station lie ? Give a reason for your answer

Answer»

(a) Name given to the Indian climate – ‘Tropical Monsoon Type’.

Two factors responsible for it are :

(i) Altitude

(ii) Distance from the sea.

(b) (i) Moisture Laiden Monsoon winds of Bay of Bengal Branch of South West Monsoon.

(ii) Mango Showers.

(c) (i) Kanpur has extreme type of temperature conditions because it is away from the influence from the sea and is not influenced by the land and sea breezes.

(ii) Kochi is warmer than Mumbai even though both lie on the western coast of India because Kochi is located on lower latitude and is close to the equator.

(iii) Ganga plain gets the monsoon rain much later than the west coast of India because Ganga plain lies in the north India and the monsoon being S.W. Monsoon, first strikes the west coast of India.

(d) (i) Total annual rainfall experienced by the station is 128.7 cm.

(ii) Annual range of temperature of the station is 8°C.

(iii) Station lies on the east coast of India because it receives its maximum rainfall in the month of October and November.

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