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ch3 climate notes for class 9th

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Answered by amankumaraman11
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Weather is the state of atmosphere recorded at any given point of time. It can change every moment and varies throughout the day. Whereas, the Climate of a place is the sum of average weather conditions of 30 years, in short, the climate is a sum total of the weather conditions of a place, assertively a large one for a comparatively longer period of time. It can take millions of years for the climate of a place to change.

The Elements of Climate and Weather are same, which are:

Temperature

Atmospheric Pressure

Wind

Humidity

Precipitation

According to the monthly atmospheric conditions of a place a year is divided into three seasons, namely - Summer, Winter, Rainy.

The Climatic conditions of any place depend on the following common factors:

Latitude

Altitude

Distance from the sea

Pressure and wind systems

Ocean Currents

Relief Features

In particular to a country like India,the factors that are considered to affect the climatic conditions are - Latitude, Altitude, Pressure, and Winds, which means it is influenced by pressure and surface winds, upper air circulation, western cyclonic disturbances and tropical cyclones.
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