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    CLIMATE Class9

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    This document discusses factors that influence India's climate such as distance from the sea, ocean currents, and relief. It also describes the weather patterns in India during different seasons. The winter months are coldest in the northern part of India with warm days and cold nights. Summer brings hot dry winds and dust storms to northern India. The monsoon season brings moderate rainfall across most of the country from June to September, though the amount varies regionally. It is an important season as the country's landscapes, agriculture, and festivals revolve around the monsoon rains.

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    This document discusses factors that influence India's climate such as distance from the sea, ocean currents, and relief. It also describes the weather patterns in India during different seasons. The winter months are coldest in the northern part of India with warm days and cold nights. Summer brings hot dry winds and dust storms to northern India. The monsoon season brings moderate rainfall across most of the country from June to September, though the amount varies regionally. It is an important season as the country's landscapes, agriculture, and festivals revolve around the monsoon rains.

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    This document discusses factors that influence India's climate such as distance from the sea, ocean currents, and relief. It also describes the weather patterns in India during different seasons. The winter months are coldest in the northern part of India with warm days and cold nights. Summer brings hot dry winds and dust storms to northern India. The monsoon season brings moderate rainfall across most of the country from June to September, though the amount varies regionally. It is an important season as the country's landscapes, agriculture, and festivals revolve around the monsoon rains.

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    CLIMATE Class9

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    This document discusses factors that influence India's climate such as distance from the sea, ocean currents, and relief. It also describes the weather patterns in India during different seasons. The winter months are coldest in the northern part of India with warm days and cold nights. Summer brings hot dry winds and dust storms to northern India. The monsoon season brings moderate rainfall across most of the country from June to September, though the amount varies regionally. It is an important season as the country's landscapes, agriculture, and festivals revolve around the monsoon rains.

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    CLIMATE

    CHAPTER-4

    GEOGRAPHY
    Distance from Sea-
    • The sea exerts a moderating influence on the climate.
    • As the distance from sea increases, its moderating influence
    decreases and people experience extreme weather conditions. This
    condition is known as continentality, i.e., very hot during summers
    and extremely cold during winters.
    Ocean Currents- Relief-
    • Ocean currents along with onshore High mountains act as a barrier for
    winds affect the climate of coastal cold or hot winds. They may also
    areas. For eg- any coastal area with cause precipitation if they are high
    warm or cold currents flowing past enough and lie in the path of rain-
    it will be warmed or cooled if bearing winds. The leeward side of
    winds are onshore. the mountain remains relatively dry.
    - December and January are
    the coldest months in the
    northern part of India.
    -the temperature decreases
    from south to north.
    - days are warm and nights are
    cold.
    - the weather is marked by
    clear sky, low temperature and
    low humidity and feeble
    variable winds.
    - this season is extremely
    important for cultivation of
    rabi crops.
    - formation of low pressure
    over the Indian landmass.
    (mainly Ganga plain)
    - loo: strong gusty, hot, dry
    winds blowing during the day
    over the North and North
    Western India and direct
    exposure to these winds may
    even prove to be fatal
    - dust storms are very common
    in northern India during this
    time
    - during the end of this season,
    thunderstorms, violent winds,
    downpour, often accompanied
    with hail are observed
    - known as Kalbaisakhi in West
    Bengal
    - brings a total change in
    weather
    -amount of rainfall received
    varies from region to region
    - Ladakh receives low rainfall
    - rest part of the country receives
    moderate rainfall
    - snowfall is restricted to Himalayan
    region.
    -landscapes, animal and
    plant life revolves
    around the monsoon
    -whole agriculture
    calendar depends on
    monsoon
    - life of people
    including festivals
    revolves around the
    monsoon
    - provides water to
    rivers, ponds which
    unites the nation
    - the whole country
    awaits for the arrival of
    monsoon season

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