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प्रश्न
Which parallel of latitude divides India into the northern and southern halves.
उत्तर
Tropic of Cancer (23.5° N latitude).
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Name an area in India where Tropical Monsoon forest is found.
Name the following: The local wind that brings a light rainfall to South India and is good for tea and
coffee crops.
Give geographical reasons for each of the following:
The Ganga Plains gets the monsoon rain much later than the west coast of India.
Give a geographical reason for each of the following:
The Konkan coast experience orographic rainfall.
Study the climate data given below and answer the questions that follow:
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | June | July | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| Temperature in °C |
25.0 | 25.5 | 26.3 | 27.1 | 30.0 | 36.2 | 36.0 | 35.9 | 35.9 | 29.3 | 27.0 | 24.6 |
| Rainfall cm | 24.5 | 23.1 | 15.0 | 2.4 | 0.1 | 11.0 | 9.3 | 4.0 | 10.5 | 4.0 | 14.5 | 20.4 |
1) Calculate the annual temperature range.
2) What is the total annual rainfall?
3) Presuming that the station is located in India, give a reason for its location being on the east coast or west coast of India.
Give reasons for the following:
When the Malabar Coast is receiving heavy rainfall in July, the Tamil Nadu coast is comparatively dry.
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.
Give the characteristics and effects of the monsoon rainfall in India.
Re-arrange the ten stations in two different sequences:
(i) According to their distance from the equator.
(ii) According to their altitude above mean sea-level.
Why are there great variations in the climate of the Indian sub-continent.
