Mention three differences between the Western Ghats and the Eastern Ghats.
Western Ghats | Eastern Ghats |
Western ghats are higher. Western ghats are continuous. It has few passes like Pal ghat, Bhor ghat and Thai ghats. This strip gets rainfall mostly in summer and not in winter. |
Eastern ghats are lower. Eastern ghats disappear between the delta of Krishna and Kaveri. It has no passes as it is a discontinuous range. This strip gets rainfall both in summer and winter, especially in winter. |
Give three reasons why Bangladesh is one of the most densely populated countries in the world.
Give reasons for the following:
(i) The Deccan Plateau is a highly dissected one.
(ii) Most of the rivers in South India flow into the Bay of Bengal.
(iii) The Rann ofKutch is not cultivated.
Mention two differences between the cyclonic rain in Bangladesh and the cyclonic rain in Pakistan.
Give a reason for each of the following:
(i) Patna gets a heavier rainfall than Varanasi.
(ii) The Arabian Sea branch of the South-West Monsoon does not shed any moisture in Western Rajasthan.
(iii) India has varied climatic conditions.
Study the climatic data provided below and answer the questions that follow :
Station |
Months |
J |
F |
M |
A |
M |
J |
J |
A |
S |
O |
N |
D |
A |
Temperature C |
24.4 |
25.4 |
26.7 |
29.3 |
30.0 |
29.9 |
29.8 |
27.8 |
26.9 |
25.3 |
25.1 |
24.8 |
Rainfall in cms |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.5 |
0.6 |
3.8 |
26.6 |
29.6 |
30.5 |
26.5 |
11.9 |
1.1 |
0.2 |
|
B |
Temperature C |
8.1 |
8.9 |
15.6 |
20.1 |
25.2 |
24.3 |
24.1 |
22.7 |
20.6 |
18.4 |
14.1 |
9.6 |
Rainfall in cms |
0.4 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
1.1 |
1.3 |
3.2 |
7.7 |
10.3 |
5.8 |
0.7 |
0.4 |
0.3 |
(i) Calculate the annual range of temperature of Station A Suggest a reason why the range is a small one.
(ii) Which of the two Stations has the lower temperature ? Why ?
(iii) Calculate the annual rainfall of Station B.