Climatic Variations in India

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India officially the Republic of India , is a countryin South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area,the second-most populous country with over 1.2billion people, and the most populous democracy in

the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on thesouth, the Arabian Sea on the south-west, andthe Bay of Bengal on the south-east, it shares landborders withPakistan to the west;[d]China, Nepal,and Bhutan to the north-east; andBurma and Bangladesh to the east. In the Indian

Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka andthe Maldives; in addition, India's Andaman andNicobar Islands share a maritime borderwith Thailand and Indonesia.
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Climate refers to the sum total ofweather conditions and variations over a

large area for a long period of time. Weather refers to the state of the

atmosphere over an area at any point oftime.


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The climate of India is described as themonsoon type. In Asia, this type of

climate is found mainly in the south andthe southeast.


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Latitude

Altitude

Pressure and winds


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India has different climates. In the South, the climate ismainly tropical, which means it can get very hot insummer and cool in winter. The northern part, though, hasa cooler climate, called sub-tropical, and even alpine inmountainous regions. The Himalayas, in the alpine climateregion, can get extremely cold. There is veryheavy rainfall along the west coast and in the EasternHimalayan foothills. The west, though, is drier. Because ofsome of the deserts of India, all of India gets rain for fourmonths of the year. That time is called the monsoon. Thatis so because the deserts attract water-filled winds from

the Indian Ocean, which give rain when they come intoIndia. When the monsoon rains come late or not soheavily, droughts (when the land wears out because thereis less rain) are possible.
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East India is a region of India consistingof the states

of Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa and WestBengal.
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The region lies in the humid-subtropicalzone, and experiences hot summers fromMarch to June, the monsoon from July to

October and mild winters from Novemberto February. The interior states have a drierclimate and slightly more extreme climate,especially during the winters and summers,but the whole region receives heavy,

sustained rainfall during the monsoonmonths. Snowfall occurs in the extremenorthern regions of West Bengal andDaringbadi in Orissa.


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North India is a loosely defined regionconsisting of the northern part of India.

But in a broader sense, North Indiaincludes northern and most ofeastern India, the Indus Valleyof Pakistan.
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North India lies mainly in thenorth Temperate zone of the earth. Thoughcool or cold winters, hot summers and

moderate monsoons are the generalpattern, North India is one of the mostclimatically diverse regions on Earth.Extreme temperatures have rangedfrom45 C (49 F) in Dras, Jammu and

Kashmir to 50.6 C (123 F) in Alwar,Rajasthan. Dras is claimed to be the secondcoldest inhabited place on the planet(afterSiberia), with a recorded low of -60C
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The region receives rain and snow precipitationthrough two primary weather patterns: theIndian Monsoon and the Western Disturbances. TheMonsoon carries moisture northwards from the Indian

Ocean, occurs in late summer and is important tothe Kharif or autumn harvest. Western Disturbances,on the other hand, are an extratropical weatherphenomenon that carry moisture eastwards fromthe Mediterranean Sea, the Caspian Sea andthe Atlantic Ocean. They primarily occur during the

winter season and are critically important for the Rabior spring harvest, which includes the main staple overmuch of North India, wheat. The states of Jammuand Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhandreceive sustained snowfall in winter months
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Northeast India is the eastern-mostregion of India connected to East

India via a narrow corridor squeezedbetween Nepal and Bangladesh. Itcomprises the contiguous Seven SisterStatesArunachal

Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripuraand theHimalayan state of Sikkim
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The North Eastern region has distinct climate variations.The rapid changes in topography result in climatechanges within short distance. Generally the dailytemperature in the plains of Brahmaputra and the BarakValley as well as in Tripura and in the western portion ofMizo Hills is about 15o C in January, whereas in other partsof the region, the temperature is between 10oC to 15oC.From April it rises and in July except the south-easternportion of Mizo hills and Shillong, the mean temperatureranges from 25oC to 27.5oC. During October, daily meantemperature in the hilly areas ranges between 20oC and

25oC, whereas in Brahmaputra and Barak Valley, Tripuraand the western portion of the Mizo hills it is above 25oC.Further the lowest temperature is experienced belowfreezing point in the upper Himalayas in ArunachalPradesh.


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West India, or the Western regionof India consists ofthe states of Goa, Gujarat and

Maharashtra, along with the UnionTerritories of Daman and Diu and Dadraand Nagar Haveli
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The climate varies between tropical wet,tropical wet and dry, and semi arid. Thecoastal regions experience little seasonalvariations although the temperatures rangebetween 20C to 38C. Mumbai andnorthern Konkan regions experience coolerwinters with minimum temperatures hoveringaround 12 C. Interior Maharashtra experienceshot summers with maximum temperaturesaveraging 40C and mild winters withminimum temperatures averaging about 10C.Gujarat also has a warm climate with hotsummers and cool winters.
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Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh aretwo states constituting central India. They

receive very hot summer and heavymonsoons between July and September.Winter is pleasant and temperature fallsat night.


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South India is the areaencompassing India's states of Andhra

Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and TamilNadu as well as the unionterritories of Lakshadweep andPondicherry.
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The region has a very tropical climate with the monsoons playinga major part. The SouthWest Monsoon accounts for most ofthe rainfall in the region and much of it falls from about June toOctober. The south-west monsoon starts from Kerala during Juneand moves up towards the northern parts of India. Tamil

Nadu and southeast Andhra Pradesh receive rains from theNorthEast Monsoon from about November to February. Muchof Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka has a distinct dry season fromabout OctoberMay when there is not much rainfall. This regionalso experiences cooler nights from October to March while thedays are pleasantly warm. In the northern parts of the regiontemperatures can fall below 10 degrees Celsius on occasions at

night during this time. Days are very hot from March to Junewhen temps can go over 40 degrees. The southern coastalregion has an average minimum temperature of 20 degrees andmaximum of 35 degrees.
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People at hilly/ cold areas have to bear with enormouscold during winters and they lead a very tough life so thelife style is totally different at these places. Dressing atthese places is mainly woolen and leather wears. Duringwinters it is freezing temperature so they are forciblywearing hot clothing; their living houses are different fromother places because it is extreme cold and regular heavysnow fall. They always use hot water for each purpose.They eat mainly meat and hot food. The fruits grow inthese areas are also of different type. The trees and otherforests also make life different over these places. The

farming is also of different type than other areas. Mostlythere are apple farming and tea & coffee farming.Normal agriculture like wheat, rice and pulses are notgrown over there. They use spring water for drinking asthere is no other source of water available.


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In coastal areas the life is little bit tough. Themain line of business is fishing andtransportation through sea. As the climate is

quite humid so people wear less/ cottonclothes. It rains a lot in these areas so theirhouses are made rain proof with slantingroofs so that water is not accumulated.They mainly eat rice with fish as the main

farming is rice and fish. The mode oftransportation are mainly water transportslike boat, ship etc. The winter and summersare pleasant weathers in these areas.


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