KERALA PSC / INDIAN GEOGRAPHY / INDIAN CLIMATE / NOTES
/ OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS / STUDY MATERIALS / GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
KERALA PSC / INDIAN GEOGRAPHY / INDIAN CLIMATE / NOTES
/ OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS / STUDY MATERIALS / GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
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India
has tropical monsoon climate.
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Indian
climate is greatly influenced by the presence of Himalayas in the North and the
Indian Ocean in the South.
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The
Himalayas obstruct the monsoon winds and provide rain throughout the country as
well as protect from the cold winds which blow from the North.
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Latitude
and the monsoon winds are the other major factors affecting the Indian climate.
·
The
Tropic of Cancer divides India into two almost equal climatic zones namely the
northern zone and the southern zone.
·
The
most dominating factor of the Indian climate is the ‘Monsoon winds’.
·
The
south – west monsoons from the Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal rainfall to the
entire country.
·
The
changes in the upper air circulation over Indian land mass influence the
climate of India to a great extent.
·
Thunder
storms cause upto 25cm of rainfall along the Kerala and Karnataka coasts and
about 10cm in the interior of south India. Such rains are called ‘Cherry
Blossoms’ in Karnataka where they prove immensely beneficial to
coffee plantation. They are called as ‘Mango Showers’ in south India,
due to their salutary effect on mango crop.
·
The
normal date of the onset of the rains is 20th May in Andaman &
Nicobar Islands and by the end of June, it is usually established over most of
the country.
·
Normal
duration of the monsoon varies from 2 to 4 months.
·
The
Trans-Himalayan and Greater-Himalayan regions, Drass and Kargil of Ladakh
region are the coldest regions in the country.
·
Mawsynram
in Meghalaya
(1141cm) is the rainiest place in the world.
·
Jaisalmer
in western
Rajasthan is the driest place in India which receives the lowest rainfall.
·
El-Nino
is a complex weather system that appears once in every 3 to 7 years bringing
drought, floods and other weather extremes to different parts of the world.
El-Nino is used in India for forecasting long range monsoon rainfall.
KERALA PSC / INDIAN GEOGRAPHY / INDIAN CLIMATE / NOTES
/ OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS / STUDY MATERIALS / GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
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