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Climate and Natural Vegetation of India
Chapter: 10th Social Science : Geography : Chapter 2 : Climate and Natural Vegetation of India
Distinguish between
Social Science : Geography : Climate and Natural Vegetation of India : Book Back Important Questions, Answers, Solutions : Distinguish between
VI. Distinguish between
1. Weather and Climate
Weather
- Weather refers to the state of atmosphere of a place at a given point of time.
- Weather of a place may change daily.
Climate
- Climate is the accumulation of daily and seasonal weather events of a given location over a period of 30-35 years.
- Climate of a place remains constant over a long period.
2. Tropical Evergreen Forest and Deciduous Forest.
Tropical Evergreen Forest
- Tropical evergreen forests are found in areas with 200cm or more annual rainfall.
- These forests are evergreen and they do not shed their leaves.
- These forests are found in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Andaman-Nicobar islands, Assam and West Bengal.
- Important trees are rubber, mahogany, ebony, rosewood, coconut, bamboo, cinchona and candes.
Deciduous Forest
- Deciduous forests are found in areas with 100 to 200 cm annual rainfall.
- The trees in these forests drop their leaves during the spring and early summer.
- These forests are found in the Himalayan region from Punjab to Assam, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Tamilnadu and Kerala.
- Important trees are sandalwood, rosewood, kusum, palas, amla, padauk, bamboo etc.
3. North East Monsoon and South West Monsoon.
North East Monsoon
- Northeast monsoon blows during October and November.
- Northeast monsoon winds blow from land.
- It gives rainfall to Coromandal coast.
- India gets only 25% of rainfall from Northeast monsoon.
South West Monsoon
- Southwest monsoon blows from June to September.
- Southwest monsoon originates from the Indian ocean.
- It gives rainfall to the western coastal plain and most other parts of India.
- India gets 75% of rainfall from southwest monsoon.