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 tocoromandal coast

• India gets only 25% of rainfall from Notheast 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.