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Consider the following pairs: Type of climate    Climatic region of India  1. As                     Coromandel coast of Tamil Nadu 2. Aw                    Most of the Peninsular plateaus, south of the Tropic of Cancer 3. Bwhw               Extreme western Rajasthan 4. Dfc                   Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand Which of the pairs given above is not correctly matched?

Consider the following pairs: Type of climate    Climatic region of India  1. As                     Coromandel coast of Tamil Nadu 2. Aw                    Most of the Peninsular plateaus, south of the Tropic of Cancer 3. Bwhw               Extreme western Rajasthan 4. Dfc                   Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand Which of the pairs given above is not correctly matched? Correct Answer 4 only

The correct answer is 4 only.

Key Points

  • The whole of India has a monsoon type of climate.
    • But the combination of elements of the weather, however, reveals many regional variations.
    • These variations represent the subtypes of the monsoon climate.
    • It is on this basis that the climatic regions can be identified.
    • A climatic region has a homogeneous climatic condition which is the result of a combination of factors.
    • Temperature and rainfall are two important elements which are considered to be decisive in all the schemes of climatic classification.

Important Points

  • Koeppen based his scheme of Climatic classification on monthly values of temperature and precipitation.
  • Koeppen used letter symbols to denote climatic types.
  • Each type is further sub-divided into sub-types on the basis of seasonal variations in the distributional pattern of rainfall and temperature.
    • He used S for semi-arid and W for arid and the following small letters to define sub-types:
      • f (sufficient precipitation),
      • m (rain forest despite a dry monsoon season),
      • w (dry season in winter),
      • h (dry and hot),
      • c (less than four months with a mean temperature over 10°C), and
      • g (Gangetic plain). Accordingly,
  • India can be divided into eight climatic regions.

Type of Climate

 Areas
Amw Monsoon with a short dry season  West coast of India south of Goa
As – Monsoon with dry summer  Coromandel coast of Tamil Nadu
Aw – Tropical savannah  Most of the Peninsular plateaus, south of the Tropic of Cancer
Bwhw – Semi-arid steppe climate  North-western Gujarat, some parts of western Rajasthan and
Punjab
Bwhw – Hot desert  Extreme western Rajasthan
Cwg – Monsoon with dry winter  Ganga plain, eastern Rajasthan, northern Madhya Pradesh,
most of North-east India
Dfc – Cold humid winter with short summer  Arunachal Pradesh
E – Polar type  Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand

 

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