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Climate of India - Short Trick

Controls, seasons, local winds, monsoon dates, theories and rainfall — one sentence each

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  • Guru Ram Each coloured word = one name in the list, shown below in the same colour
  • Panda Two colours in one word = two names
  • ➜ Order the numbered order matters · ⇄ Any order no order
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Controls of Climate

The five factors of location and relief that give different parts of India different weather.

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Five controls of location and relief

⇄ Any order

Lata dropped Hari’s red apple.

  1. Latitudethe Tropic of Cancer splits the country in two — Kerala vs Punjab
  2. Distance from the seaextreme inland, equable on the coast — Delhi vs Mumbai
  3. Himalaya & northern rangesblock Central Asian cold winds, hold the monsoon back to shed rain
  4. Reliefheavy rain on windward slopes, little on leeward slopes
  5. AltitudeAgra and Darjeeling share a latitude, yet Darjeeling is much colder

The second group — air pressure and winds: surface pressure and winds, upper-air circulation (jet streams) and western disturbances and tropical depressions.

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The Four Seasons of India

The India Meteorological Department’s (IMD) four seasons in order.

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Local Winds and Weather Names

Where the summer storms strike and what they help, and the two names for winter weather.

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Arrival and Withdrawal of the Monsoon

When the south-west monsoon reaches each place and when it starts to withdraw (IMD normal dates).

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Monsoon Theories and the Oceans

Whose theory is which, who identified the easterly jet, and what El Niño, La Niña and the IOD do to India.

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Distribution of Rainfall

How the year’s rain is shared among the seasons, the driest regions, and the wettest and driest places.

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Read the full chapter for the complete notes — a trick helps you remember the list; understanding comes from the notes.