. (i) Cold weather season normally takes place from December to February (ii) Temperature keeps on decreasing. (iii) Average temperature is between 10' to 20' C. (iv) Days are warm and nights are cold. (v) North East trade winds blow from land to sea, which are incidentally cold and dry. (vi) We preRead more
. (i) Cold weather season normally takes place from December to February
(ii) Temperature keeps on decreasing.
(iii) Average temperature is between 10′ to 20′ C.
(iv) Days are warm and nights are cold.
(v) North East trade winds blow from land to sea, which are incidentally
cold and dry.
(vi) We prefer to wear woollen clothes and like to sit under the Sun.
(i) With the arrival of monsoon, the normal rainfall increases suddenly and carries on for several days. (ii) This is also known as 'burst of monsoon' and can be distinguished from the pre-monsoon showers. (iii) The monsoon arises at Southern tip of Indian peninsula generally, by the first week of JRead more
(i) With the arrival of monsoon, the normal rainfall increases suddenly and
carries on for several days.
(ii) This is also known as ‘burst of monsoon’ and can be distinguished from
the pre-monsoon showers.
(iii) The monsoon arises at Southern tip of Indian peninsula generally, by the
first week of June approximately.
(iv) Then it gets divided into two-The Arabian sea branch and Bay of
Bengal branch.
(v) Then it starts moving upwards, the Arabian Sea branch reaches Madhya
Pradesh/U.P. in about ten days.
(vi) The Bay of Bengal branch also advances rapidly and arrives in Assam in
the first week of June.
. (i) western Rajasthan and part of Gujarat are desert type regions with extreme climate. Intense thermal heating makes the desert land very dry. (ii) The Arabian Sea branch runs parallel to Aravallis, providing no barriers to the clouds, leaving it again a dry region. (iii) The Bay of Bengal branchRead more
. (i) western Rajasthan and part of Gujarat are desert type regions with
extreme climate. Intense thermal heating makes the desert land very
dry.
(ii) The Arabian Sea branch runs parallel to Aravallis, providing no barriers
to the clouds, leaving it again a dry region.
(iii) The Bay of Bengal branch is unable to reach up to western part and
in winters even western disturbances also hardly give any rains to this
region.
(iv) The leeward side of the western Ghats also lies in the rain shadow of
S.W. monsoon.
(v) With the result, areas lying at the same latitude are unable to receive
rains, if they are on the leeward side of the Western Ghats.
(i) The northern plains receive rains from the Bay of Bengal branch of the S.W. monsoons. (ii) It strikes the Myanmar's Arkan mountains and gets deflected westward along the Himalayas. (iii) Maximum precipitation is recorded in the north-eastern part of India and West Bengal. (iv) As the monsoon movRead more
(i) The northern plains receive rains from the Bay of Bengal branch of the
S.W. monsoons.
(ii) It strikes the Myanmar’s Arkan mountains and gets deflected westward
along the Himalayas.
(iii) Maximum precipitation is recorded in the north-eastern part of India
and West Bengal.
(iv) As the monsoon moves westwards, they gradually lose moisture and
rainfall decreases from east to west over the northern plains.
(v)The clouds are almost exhausted by the time they reach western
Rajasthan.
Which one of the following are called Pre-monsoon showers in Kerala?
(c) Mango showers.
(c) Mango showers.
See lessIn which of the following places in India, does precipitation take place in the form of snowfall?
(a) Drass
(a) Drass
See lessThopical cyclones are often very destructive and arrive on the coasts of
(b) Odisha and West Bengal.
(b) Odisha and West Bengal.
See lessThe term ENSO is referred to
(b) El Nino Southern Oscillations.
(b) El Nino Southern Oscillations.
See lessThe ‘coriolis force’ is caused by
(a) the earth's rotation.
(a) the earth’s rotation.
See lessThe word ‘monsoon’ is derived from the Arabic word.
(b) Mausim
(b) Mausim
See lessIf you are living in North India, how would you experience cold weather season over there?
. (i) Cold weather season normally takes place from December to February (ii) Temperature keeps on decreasing. (iii) Average temperature is between 10' to 20' C. (iv) Days are warm and nights are cold. (v) North East trade winds blow from land to sea, which are incidentally cold and dry. (vi) We preRead more
. (i) Cold weather season normally takes place from December to February
See less(ii) Temperature keeps on decreasing.
(iii) Average temperature is between 10′ to 20′ C.
(iv) Days are warm and nights are cold.
(v) North East trade winds blow from land to sea, which are incidentally
cold and dry.
(vi) We prefer to wear woollen clothes and like to sit under the Sun.
Have you heard of onset of monsoons? How does it take place in India?
(i) With the arrival of monsoon, the normal rainfall increases suddenly and carries on for several days. (ii) This is also known as 'burst of monsoon' and can be distinguished from the pre-monsoon showers. (iii) The monsoon arises at Southern tip of Indian peninsula generally, by the first week of JRead more
(i) With the arrival of monsoon, the normal rainfall increases suddenly and
See lesscarries on for several days.
(ii) This is also known as ‘burst of monsoon’ and can be distinguished from
the pre-monsoon showers.
(iii) The monsoon arises at Southern tip of Indian peninsula generally, by the
first week of June approximately.
(iv) Then it gets divided into two-The Arabian sea branch and Bay of
Bengal branch.
(v) Then it starts moving upwards, the Arabian Sea branch reaches Madhya
Pradesh/U.P. in about ten days.
(vi) The Bay of Bengal branch also advances rapidly and arrives in Assam in
the first week of June.
Give reasons why parts of Rajasthan, Gujarat and the leeward side of the Western Ghats are drought Prone.
. (i) western Rajasthan and part of Gujarat are desert type regions with extreme climate. Intense thermal heating makes the desert land very dry. (ii) The Arabian Sea branch runs parallel to Aravallis, providing no barriers to the clouds, leaving it again a dry region. (iii) The Bay of Bengal branchRead more
. (i) western Rajasthan and part of Gujarat are desert type regions with
See lessextreme climate. Intense thermal heating makes the desert land very
dry.
(ii) The Arabian Sea branch runs parallel to Aravallis, providing no barriers
to the clouds, leaving it again a dry region.
(iii) The Bay of Bengal branch is unable to reach up to western part and
in winters even western disturbances also hardly give any rains to this
region.
(iv) The leeward side of the western Ghats also lies in the rain shadow of
S.W. monsoon.
(v) With the result, areas lying at the same latitude are unable to receive
rains, if they are on the leeward side of the Western Ghats.
Why does the rainfall decrease from east to the west in northern India?
(i) The northern plains receive rains from the Bay of Bengal branch of the S.W. monsoons. (ii) It strikes the Myanmar's Arkan mountains and gets deflected westward along the Himalayas. (iii) Maximum precipitation is recorded in the north-eastern part of India and West Bengal. (iv) As the monsoon movRead more
(i) The northern plains receive rains from the Bay of Bengal branch of the
See lessS.W. monsoons.
(ii) It strikes the Myanmar’s Arkan mountains and gets deflected westward
along the Himalayas.
(iii) Maximum precipitation is recorded in the north-eastern part of India
and West Bengal.
(iv) As the monsoon moves westwards, they gradually lose moisture and
rainfall decreases from east to west over the northern plains.
(v)The clouds are almost exhausted by the time they reach western
Rajasthan.