Question

write about the annual distribution of rainfall

Answer 1

Excessive Heavy Rainfall Regions: Regions, experiencing 320 cm of rainfall or more, include parts of Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh and mountainous tracts of the Western Ghats. Heavy wet evergreen forests grow in these areas.

Heavy Rainfall Regions: Regions experiencing 200 to 320 cm rainfall include parts Maharashtra (Western Ghats), Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Tripura and West Bengal. Wet evergreen forests are found in these regions and the characteristic crops include rice, jute and maize.

Moderate Rainfall Region: Regions with 100 to 200 cm of rainfall include major parts of West Bengal, Bihar, Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, and parts of other states. Wet Deciduous forest forms the typical natural vegetations. Rice sugarcane and wheat are grown.

Answer 2

★ QUESTION ★

➸ Write about the annual distribution of rainfall.

★ ANSWER ★

➸ Distribution of rainfall in India is determined by the direction of rain bearing winds.

Distribution of rainfall in India as follows :-

• Areas of heavy rainfall ➯ In this region rainfall is over 200 . Areas like Assam , Bengal etc receives heavy rainfall.

• Area of moderately heavy rainfall ➯ These areas receives annual rainfall of 100 - 200 cm . Examples:- Odisha, Western ghats , Maharashtra etc.

• Area of moderate rainfall ➯ This region receives annual rainfall of 50 to 100 cm. Areas like Punjab , Rajasthan , Karnataka etc.

• Areas of scanty rainfall ➯ These areas gets annual rainfall less than 50 cm in a year. Rajasthan , Deccan plateau etc comes in this.

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★ Note:- The world's heaviest rainfall is recorded at Mawsynram near Cherrapunji in Meghalaya. This region receives an annual rainfall of 1,142 cm.