widespread continent. Rains are abundant and intense in tropical monsoon areas. But there is a distinct dry season‚ though very short. However‚ the amount of precipitation during the rainy season is so heavy that it more than gives back the absence of rainfall for a few months. Soils retain moisture to support the plant cover. In the tropical monsoon climate summer is generally the rainy season. During the high-sun period the on-shore winds bring a lot of moisture from over the tropical warm oceans
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Features of the seasons in India Given below are the prominent features of the seasons in India in a tabular format: Name of the season Features Winter The winter in India spans the months of December till the beginning of April. The coldest months of the year are January and December. During this period‚ the average temperature is approximately 50-59 °F (10-15 °C) in the northwestern parts of the country. The mercury soars as you move in the direction of the equator‚ and the maximum temperature
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Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel Episode Three: Into the Tropics This episode was actually rather interesting. In general‚ it basically discussed how guns‚ germs‚ and steel have affected and influenced the shaping of African societies as it is today. Diamond’s main quest is to answer the question: why did the world become so unequal? In the mid-1600s the Europeans first arrive at the southernmost tip of South Africa. The southernmost tip of Africa and Europe are almost identical in latitude‚ with
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own axis while moving in its orbit around the sun. One complete revolution takes 3651/4 days in ayear or 366 days every four years in aleap year. The revolution of the earth causes the following: i) The four seasons: Spring‚ summer‚ autumn and Winter. The revolution of the sun causes seasons because it changes the apparent p[ossotion of the overhead sun. the movment of the sun is tgherfore accompanied by changes inb the heat blt. When the sun is over head‚ high temperatures are experinced on earth’s
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and present. The river is intimately associated with thelife and culture of the Tamil people. The peculiar thing‚ which appeals to the poets‚ is that the river presents two different spectacles in two different season. It is completely dry insummer and flooded in full in the rainy season. In this poem‚ the poet refersto the river Vaikai which flows through the city of Madurai. The word Maduraimeans a “sweet city”. It is a Tamil word. As a matter of fact‚ this city is the center ofTamil culture and
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ZONE The Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) is the area encircling the earth near the equator where winds originating in the northern and southern hemispheres come together. Consequences of the ITCZ’s movement are the "monsoon seasons" that affect areas in the tropics‚ as well as the formation of tropical storms during the local hemispheric summer (north or south of the equator). Navigators in the age of sail learned to utilize the "trade winds" that blow to the east along the edge of the ITCZ
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Name: Basic Coordinates & Seasons – Student Guide There are three main sections to this module: terrestrial coordinates‚ celestial equatorial coordinates‚ and understanding how the ecliptic is related to seasons on the Earth. Each of these sections has its own simulator(s). The background material necessary to utilize these tools is contained in each section. Terrestrial Coordinates Work through the explanatory material on units of longitude and latitude‚ finding longitude and latitude‚ and
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Hemisphere A mid latitude cyclone can also be referred to as an extratropical cyclone. As the name mid latitude suggests‚ they are found outside the tropics but before the north and south poles‚ approximately between 23 and 66 degrees on each of the hemispheres or the temperate zones of the earth between the Antarctic and the Arctic Polar Regions and the tropics. A cyclone on the other had refers to a location that is characterized by the existence of low pressure where the wind blows clockwise and anticlockwise
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Wind is caused by differences in atmospheric pressure created‚ in large part‚ by the unequal heating of the earth’s surface by the sun. Air moves from a region of higher pressure to one of lower pressure and this movement is wind. Any difference in pressure will cause wind‚ but the greater the difference the stronger the wind. The direction that wind takes is influenced by the rotation of the earth. On a non-rotating earth wind would move in a straight path from a high- to a low-pressure area. It
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With the start of the rainy season‚ Francisco Duque III‚ health secretary in the Philippines‚ on Tuesday emphasized a continued government commitment to controlling and preventing dengue - a disease for which there is currently no vaccine or specific drug‚ the Manila Times reports. A total of 6‚537 cases of dengue‚ including 62 deaths‚ have been reported in the country over the past five months‚ according to the Department of Health (DOH). While the latest DOH dengue figures are lower compared
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