Answer the following questions briefly :
1. Name any two factors which affect the climate of India.
2. Which are the main seasons in India ?
3. What is the source of winter rains in northern parts of India ?
4. Name two areas of high rainfall in India.
5. Name two areas of low rainfall in India.
6. Name the place which receives the highest rainfall in the world.
7. What are Western disturbances'?
8. What is meant by the 'retreat of monsoon' ?
9. Name the major types of vegetation in India,
10. Write any two features of trees of tropical rainforests.
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1) The elements affecting the climate are latitude, altitude and pressure and winds, distance from the sea (continentality), ocean currents and relief features.
Latitude and altitude: The most important climatic control is latitude
2) Spring, Summer, Monsoon, Autumn, Winter, Rainy.
3) The Northwestern part of India receive rainfall in winters due to the Western Disturbances which originate over the Mediterranean Sea. The moisture in these storms usually originate over the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean.
4) Here, I have collected a list of 5 wettest places In India who have received the highest level of rainfall over the years.
Mawsynram. The scenic village Mawsynram which is situated in the East Khasi Hills district of Meghalaya state is reportedly the wettest place on Earth.
Agumbe.
Cherrapunji.
Amboli.
Chinnakallar.
5) Areas which receive less than 50 cm of rainfall are called as Areas of Scanty Rainfall. Areas of low rainfall include - Upper Ganga valley, eastern Rajasthan, Punjab, Southern Plateau of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.
6) Mawsynram
Based on the data of a recent few decades, it appears to be the wettest place in the world, or the place with the highest average annual rainfall. Mawsynram receives over 10,000 millimeters of rain in an average year, and the vast majority of the rain it gets falls during the monsoon months.
7) 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.
8) In simple words, retreating means withdrawal. So, withdrawal of south-west monsoon winds from skies of north India during months of October and November is known as retreating monsoon. The withdrawal is gradually and takes about three months
9) Vegetation of India can be divided into five types – Tropical evergreen forest, Tropical deciduous forest, Thorny bushes, Mountain vegetation and Mangrove forests.
10) A tropical rainforest has four distinct layers: the emergent layer, the canopy, the understorey and the forest floor.
A tropical rainforest is evergreen, which means that the leaves on the trees never fall off.
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