Question

Explain how the following factors affect the climate (a) Latitude (b) The Himalayan mountain​

Answer 1

Answer:

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. Latitude affects the temperature of a place. The places situated at higher altitudes which are far from equator receive less sunlight and places which are located towards the equator which is a 00 latitude receives more sunlight and are hotter than the places located at higher latitudes. Sunlight also affects precipitation or rainfall. Thus latitudinal position of a region decides the climate of the place.

Continentality is defined as measure of difference between continental and marine climates. As the distance from sea increases this moderating effect decreases and people face extreme weather conditions

Winds and air masses originate over oceans move onshore to the mainland and affect climate.

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Answer 2

a) The Indian subcontinent is divided into two parts by the Tropic of Cancer. The northern portion lies in the temperate zone and the southern portion lies in the tropical zone. The warm temperature or the subtropical climate of the northern zone gives it a cold winter season and hot summer season. The southern tropical climate zone of India is warmer than the north and does not have a clear cut winter season. Similarly, The northern zone does not have the mid-day sun almost vertically overhead during any part of the year, while the southern zone has the mid-day sun almost vertically overhead at least twice every year.

b) The Himalayas form a climate barrier separating the Indians subcontinent from the rest of Asia. They not only prevent the cold Siberian and winds from entering the Indian region and Indian becoming a cold desert but they also force the moisture-laden south-west monsoon winds The shed rainfall in India or else India would be a dry region