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प्रश्न
Give a geographical reason for the following:
Kolkata gets more rain than Delhi during rainy season.
उत्तर
Kolkata is closer to the Bay of Bengal than Delhi. During the rainy season, it receives more rainfall and is exposed to the monsoon winds.
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jim | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| Temperature °C | 23.8 | 25.0 | 27.7 | 28.3 | 30.2 | 30.3 | 30.4 | 33.3 | 30.0 | 30.3 | 25.5 | 24.2 |
| Rainfall cm | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 45.3 | 46.5 | 45.4 | 43.3 | 20.1 | 3.0 | 0.1 |
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