Question

Which wind account for rainfall along the Malabar Coast

Answer 1

a. The Arabian sea branch of the south west monsoon accounts for rainfall in the Malabar coast.Since it is first region to hit by south west monsoon , malabar coast receives heavy rainfall in the months of June and July.

b. Coromandal coast receives rainfall  from the north east monsoon winds in the months of November and December.With the shift of low pressure centre to the Bay of Bengal in early November, cyclonic depressions originating over the Andaman Sea move over the Eastern Coast. The Coromandel coast receives bulk of its rainfall from the retreating monsoons. 

Answer 2

Wind account for rainfall along the Malabar Coast

Explanation:

• The Malabar coastline is the coastal area that is found along the southern shores of the Indian subcontinent and is the wettest region of the southern Indian as it lies close to the western ghats region. The coast runs from the south of the goa to the Kanyakumari  

• Its flanked by the Arabian sea the western sides and western ghats on the east. Elephanta is a south-easterly wind that blows in the May and June and is responsible for the presence of the southwest monsoon.

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