On the basis of monsoonal variations there are four seasons in India. THE COLD WEATHER SEASON It starts in early December. The mean January temperature in Chennai and Thiruvananthapuram is about 24…...
Dr Trewartha’s scheme has been most satisfactory of all classifications of the Indian climatic regions. He presented a modified form of Koppen’s classification. Dr. Trewartha’s cl…...
CLIMATIC REGIONS OF INDIA There are three major schemes of cla~sifying the climatic regions of India. (i) Koppen’s scheme is based on ~he monthly values of temperature and precipitation. Kopp…...
The major factors affecting India’s climate are: Latitude The Tropic of Cancer (231hoN) passes through the middle part of the country. The Great Plains also lie within 32°N latitude. It keeps…...
The Indian climate can be described as the tropical monsoon type. It is greatly influenced by the presence of the Himalaya in the north and the Indian Ocean in the south. Regional variations do, ho…...
Climate can be classiÂfied on the basis of temperature, rainfall, evaporation, evapotranspiration and water balance. One of the universally accepted climate classifications is by Koppen (see table)â€...