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Give a reason for each of the following :1. Goa receives heavier rainfall than Puducherry. 2. Mawsynram receives the highest average annual rainfall. 3. Mangaluru is cooler than Delhi in summer season.

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1. Because Goa is in the windward side of Western Ghats whereas Puducherry is in the Eastern Ghats. 

2. Mawsynram lies in the Khasi Hills in Meghalaya and gets heavy rainfall from the Bay of Bengal branch of the summer monsoon. Here the hills are funnel shaped so the moisture laiden monsoons have to take a sudden rise which cause heavy rain. 

3. Mangaluru is cooler due to moderating effect of sea whereas Delhi is in the interior of the Indian sub-continent.



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