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Western Coastal Plains Receive More Rainfall than the Eastern Coastal Plains. - Geography

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प्रश्न

Western coastal plains receive more rainfall than the Eastern coastal plains.

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Western coastal plain receives more rainfall than eastern coastal plain because western coastal plain lies on the windward side of western Ghats and gets rainfall more than 200 cm but Eastern coastal plain lies on the leeward side of the Western Ghats and gets a little rainfall (50 to 100 cm).

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पाठ 3: The Climate of India - Give Reasons

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आईसीएसई Geography [English] Class 10 ICSE
पाठ 3 The Climate of India
Give Reasons | Q 26

संबंधित प्रश्‍न

Study the climatic 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
12.0 25.5 26.3 27.1 30.0 36.2 36.0 35.9 30.3 28.4 21.0 16.6
Rainfall cm 1.5 0.1 0.0 1.4 1.1 21.0 25.3 27.2 24.0 9.4 1.5 0.4

1) What is the annual range of temperature of the station?

2) What is the total annual rainfall experienced by the station?

3) Why would it be correct to presume that the station lies in the interior and not on the coast?


Name the following: The winds that bring heavy rain to Cherrapunji


Give geographical reasons for each of the following

Kanpur has extreme temperature conditions.


Give an account of weather conditions and characteristics of the cold season.


Describe the climatic conditions which prevail over India during different Seasons.


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

Month J F M A M J J A S O N D
Station A
Temp °C 21.0 22.6 26.3 29.2 29.7 27.5 25.1 24.5 24.8 25.5 22.5 20.5
Rain cm 0.1 0.1 0.5 1.5 2.7 11.4 16.7 9.0 13.4 9.0 2.7 0.3
Station B
Temp °C 24.4 24.4 26.7 28.3 30.0 28.9 27.2 27.2 27.2 28.3 27.2 25.0
Rain cm 0.2 0.3 0.3 1.7 1.9 50.2 61.0  37.0 27.0 4.8 1.4 0.3

(i) Calculate the annual range of temperature of Station B.
(ii) Calculate annual rainfall of Station A.
(iii) Presuming that both the stations are located in West India, state giving a reason as to which of the two lies on the windward side of the Western Ghats.


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.

What is the direction of the summer monsoon on the Indo-Gangetic Plain? 


Now find out

Why is July rainier in Mumbai than in Thiruvananthapuram?


Study the climate data of Station X and answer the questions that follow:

Month Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Temperature °C 21.0 21.9 24.3 27.2 28.0 26.4 26.1 25.4 26.0 26.0 23.8 21.2
Rainfall in 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. Calculate the annual range of temperature of Station X.
  2. Name the wind that brings most of the rainfall to this station.
  3. On which coast of India is Station X located?

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