Advertisements
Advertisements
प्रश्न
‘Rainfall decreases as one travels up the Ganges Valley.’ Why?
उत्तर
A branch of Summer Monsoon from Bay of Bengal moves up the Ganges Valley, it moves westwards along the Himalayas. The lower Ganges Valley receives the rainfall first and the upper Ganges Valley later on. Kolkata has an annual rainfall of 160 cm. As the branch of monsoon moves westward, it gets drier and drier. So it gives less rainfall. Varanasi gets 104 cm. of rainfall, Delhi gets 66 cm of rainfall.
APPEARS IN
संबंधित प्रश्न
How is the winter rainfall of the northwest part of India different from the winter rainfall of the southeast part of India?
Give a reason for each of the following:
The Summer Monsoon winds blow over the Arabian Sea from the South West.
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 |
21.0 | 21.9 | 24.3 | 27.1 | 28.0 | 26.4 | 26.1 | 25.4 | 25.0 | 28.0 | 26.0 | 21.2 |
| Rainfall cm | 5.1 | 2.8 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 8.4 | 11.4 | 11.9 | 31.6 | 34.5 | 14.8 |
1) Identify the hottest month.
2) Calculate the annual rainfall.
3) Name the winds that bring the maximum rainfall to this city.
Why are there great variations in the climate of the Indian sub-continent.
Why are Himalayas called perfect climate divide? Explain their two-fold functions in this regard.
When the Malabar coast is receiving heavy rainfall in July, the Tamil Nadu coast is comparatively dry.
Mumbai receives rainfall in the summer season while Chennai receives rainfall from October to December. Why?
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.
Give one example of ‘Rain Shadow’ areas in India.
The amount of rainfall received by ______ is 100 to 200 cm of rainfall.
