Question

1) Distinguish between loo and western disturbances. ( 3 points)

2) "Amount of rainfall decreases as we go westward from West Bengal to Punjab". Justify with two suitable reasons.

Answer 1

1) Loo means hot dry winds that blows in northwestern states. Direct exposure can be fatal. A Western Disturbance is an extratropical storm originating in the Mediterranean region that brings sudden winter rain to the northwestern parts of the Indian subcontinent.
It is a non-monsoonal precipitation pattern driven by the westerlies