Answer in brief.
Q1) What do you mean by Continental climate?
Q2) What are mango Showers?
Q3) name the two branches of the south west monsoon?
Q4) name the factors that affect the climate of a place?
Q5) What are hot and dust-laden strong winds called?
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Answer:
1) a relatively dry climate with very hot summers and very cold winters, characteristic of the central parts of Asia and North America.
2)Mango showers are those experienced prior to the arrival of the monsoon. They are common in the states of Kerala, Karnataka and also some parts of Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry. These showers arrive generally in late April and May and are usually very difficult to predict by the meteorological department.
ANSWER :
1) A continental climate is located in the interior of a continent or is a climate having characteristics similar to those found in such locations. Continental is a descriptive term that is general rather than specific. ... Perhaps the most diagnostic condition of a continental climate is a large range of temperature.
2) Mango showers is the name of the pre-monsoon showers in Karnataka, Kerala, Konkan and Goa that help in the ripening of mangoes. They are also known as April rains or summer showers. ... The showers prevent the mangoes from dropping prematurely from trees and are crucial for the mango cultivators of South India.
3)The southwest monsoon arrives in two branches called the Bay of Bengal branch and the Arabian Sea branch.
4) Climate is determined by the temperature and precipitation characteristics of a region over time. The temperature characteristics of a region are influenced by natural factors such as latitude, elevation, and the presence of ocean currents.
5)A sirocco-type wind, hot, dry, and dust-laden, blowing over the middle and southern portions of the Mediterranean. It is called a simmoom when it is abnormally strong over the southeast part of the Mediterranean. The wind blows northward originating in the hot desert sections of north-central Africa.