Question

C. Give reasons for the following:
1.
Places close to the equator have a lower range of temperature
2.
Snow melts more quickly on the south facing slopes of the Himalayas than on the north facing slopes.
3. Jabalpur has a higher range of temperature than Kolkata though the latitude of both the places is almost
equal.
4.
The ports along the eastern coast of Canada remain frozen in winter whereas those in the western coast
remains free from ice.​

Answer 1

Answer:

: The northern plains experiences ‘continental’ type of climate as it is far away from the oceanic effect. The main characteristics of this type of climate is, that it experiences extremes of temperature in the months of summer and winter i.e. it is extremely hot in summer and extremely cold in winter.