Question

Which part of India does experience the highest diurnal range of temperature and why❓

Answer 1

India lies on the Indian Plate, the northern portion of the Indo-Australian Plate, whose continental crust forms the Indian subcontinent. The country is situated north of the equator between 8°04' to 37°06' north latitude and 68°07' to 97°25' east longitude

Answer 2

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(i) Diurnal range of temperature is the difference between maximum and minimum temperature of a day.

(ii) Diurnal range of temperature is high in desert regions like Rajasthan, Thar Desert and interior parts of Rann of Kutch.

(iii) In these sandy areas, the day temperature may rise to 50° and drop down to near freezing point the same night.

(iv) It is so because the sand absorbs heat very fast during day and loses heat very fast at night.