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The Coromandel Coast Has More Rainy Months but Less Rainfall than the Konkan Coast. Why? - Geography

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The Coromandel coast has more rainy months but less rainfall than the Konkan Coast. Why?

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Konkan Coast faces on-shore S. W. Monsoons during summer. These moist laden winds give heavy rainfall (more than 300 cm.). But these winds do not give much rainfall on the Coromandel Coast as it lies in the rain shadow of Western Ghats. Coromandel Coast also receives winter rainfall from N. E. monsoons, but on Konkan Coast these winds are off. shore and do not give any rainfall. N. E. Monsoon is a dry wind as it blows from the land. Thus, Coromandel Coast gets rainfall in both the Seasons, but the total blows amount is less than that of Konkan Coast.

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अध्याय 3: The Climate of India - Long Questions

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आईसीएसई Geography [English] Class 10 ICSE
अध्याय 3 The Climate of India
Long Questions | Q 6

संबंधित प्रश्न

There is plenty of rain in India during the rainy season, yet we need irrigation. Give two reasons to support this statement.


Give a geographical reason for each of the following:

The city of Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh has a higher range of temperature than that of Chennai in Tamil Nadu.


Mention the geographical reason for the following:

Mangalore is not cold even in the month of December.


 Study the data of distribution of temperature and rain for Station X and answer the questions that follow : 

(i) Is Station X in the coastal area or in the interior of the country? 

(ii) Calculate the total annual rainfall for Station X. 

(iii) Name the wind that brings most of the rainfall to Station X. 


Which type of climate is experienced in the Northern Plains of India? State one main characteristic of this type of climate.


How are the sources of rainfall in the North-west part of India different from the rainfall experienced on the coastal areas of Eastern India in winter?


Mumbai receives rainfall in the summer season while Chennai receives rainfall from October to December. Why?


Study the climatic data provided below and answer the questions that follow:

Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May June Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Station A (sea level)
Temperature (°C) 24.4 28.4 20.7 29.3 30.0 29.9 29.8 27.8 26.9 26.3 25.1 24.8
Rainfall (cm) 0.1 0.1 0.5 0.6 3.8 26.6 29.6 30.5 26.5 11.9 1.1 0.2
Station B (800 m above sea level)
Temperature (°C) 8.1 8.9 15.6 20.1. 25.2 24.3 24.1 22.7 20.6 18.4 14.1 9.6
Rainfall (cm) 0.4 0.3 0.3 1.1 1.3 3.2 7.7 1.3 5.8 0.7 0.4 0.3
  1. Calculate the annual range of temperature of Station A Suggest a reason why the range is small one.
  2. Which of the two Stations has the lower temperature? Why?
  3. Calculate the annual rainfall of Station B.

Give reason why Shillong gets hardly 200 cm., rainfall during the year, whereas Cherrapunji gets more than 1250 cm, of rainfall although they are situated very close to each other.


Seventy-five percentage of Indian rainfall is from this wind.


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