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Which of the following wind blowing especially in Northern plains of India?

Which of the following wind blowing especially in Northern plains of India? Correct Answer Loo

The correct answer is Option(1).i.e.Loo.

  • Loo is the hot, dry, and oppressing winds blowing especially in Northern plains of India(UP, Bihar, Rajasthan, Delhi).
  • The following table shows the various kinds of local winds with respective areas. 
    LIST OF LOCAL WINDS
    LOCAL WINDS DESCRIPTION FOUND AT
    Blossom Shower
    • Pre-Monsoon showers which help in the blossoming of coffee flowers.
    • Northwest India(Punjab, Haryana, Delhi)
    Mango Shower
    • Pre-Monsoon showers which help in the ripening of mangoes.
    • Kerala & Karnataka
    Loo
    • Hot, dry and oppressing winds blowing especially in Northern plains of India
    • UP, Bihar, Some part of Rajasthan, Delhi

    Nor Westeros

    (Kalbaishaki)
    • It is the evening thunderstorms in West Bengal and Assam.
    • West Bengal, Assam, Odisha

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