Q9 of 9 Page 56

Observe the following climatograph and answer the following questions.


A. Which month received the highest rainfall?


B. Which months experience the highest and the lowest temperature?


C. Why does the maximum amount of rainfall happen between June and October?


D. Why is the temperature high between March and May?


E. Identify relief conditions causing variation in temperature and rainfall.

(A) August received 180mm of rainfall.


(B) April has 45-degree temperature, and December has 31-degree temperature.


(C) June is the end of Summer and pre-monsoon showers occur. These are common in Deccan plateau and help in ripening o mangoes. By November low pressure is created in the Bay of Bengal due to this cyclonic depressions appears over the Andaman Sea. Heavy rainfall is derived from this depression in the Coromandel region.


(D) During this month Sun moves between Tropic of cancer and equator. The southern parts of the country are warmer. Heat waves are developed and this further raises the temperature.


(E) Temperature decreases as the height increases. So the hill and the mountainous regions have comparatively low temperature than the plain regions.


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