3. LATITUDE
• DUE TO THE CURVATURE OF HE EARTH THE AMOUNT OF SOLAR
ENERGY RECEIVED VARIES ACCORDING TO LATITUDE
• TEMPERATURE DECREASES FROM EQUATOR TO POLAR REGION
• TROPICAL REGION-HOT
• POLAR REGION –COLD
• TEMPERATE REGION –MODERATE
4. LATITUDE
TROPIC OF CANCER PASSES THROUGH THE CENTRE OF INDIA
SOUTH INDIA EXPERIENCES TROPICAL CLIMATE
NORTH INDIA EXPERIENCES TEMPERATE CLIMATE
GREEN LAND –POLAR CLIMATE
5. ALTITUDE
• AS WE GO FROM SURFACE OF THE EARTH TO HIGHER
ELEVATIONS ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE DECREASES.
• NORMAL LAPSE RATE -1O C /165m HEIGHT
• ATMOSPHERE GET HEATED FROM BELOW
6. ALTITUDE
• HILLY AREAS ARE COOLER THAN PLAIN AREAS
• OOTY IS COOLER THAN COIM BATORE
• BANGALORE IS COOLER THAN CHENNAI
7. DISTANCE FROM
THE SEA
• SEA EXERTS A MODERATING INFLUENCE ON CLIMATE
• IF THE PLACE IS LOCATED AWAY FROM THE SEA THEN THE
MODERATING INFLUENCE OF THE SEA DECREASES
8. DISTANCE FROM THE SEA
• PLACES IN THE INTERIOR LOCATION
EXPERIENCES EXTREME CLIMATE
• COASTAL AREAS EXPERIENCES EQUABLE
CLIMATE
9. RELIEF
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HEIGHT AND ASPECT OF THE RELIEF INFLUENCES THE
CLIMATE OF A REGION
MOUNTAINS ACT AS A CLIMATIC BARRIER
IT PREVENTS THE COLD/HOT WIND AND PROTECT THE
REGION
HIMALAYAS ACTS AS A CLIMATIC BARRIER
10. RELIEF
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IF THE MOSTURE LADEN WINDS BLOW PERPENDICULAR TO A
MOUNTAINIT CAUSES OROGRAPHIC RAINFALL
WINDWARD SIDE RECEIVES MORE RAINFALL WHERE AS LEEWARD
SIDE REMAINS AS A RAINSHADOW REGION
WESTERN GHATS CAUSES OROGRAPHIC RAINFALL
11. PRESSURE AND
WIND SYSTEM
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AIR PRESSURE AFFECTS THE WIND SYSTEM
WIND AFFECTS THE RAINFALL OF A REGION
HUMID AIR GIVES RAINFALL
WIND FROM CONTINENT –DRY
WIND FROM OCEANS- WET
12. OCEAN CURRENTS•MASS MOVEMENTS OF OCEAN WATER FROM ONE PART
OF THE OCEAN TO ANOTHER PART.
•TWO TYPES:
•WARM CURRENT
•COLD CURRENT
13. OCEAN CURRENTSWARM CURRENT INCREASES THE TEMPERATURE
COLD CURRENT –DECREASES THE TEMPERATURE
GULF STREAM INCREASES THE TEMPERATURE OF THE
WESTERN COAST OF EUROPE