Question: The average rainfall in India is approximately: (MCAER 2017)
Options:
500 mm
800 mm
1194 mm
1500 mm
✔Explanation: The average rainfall in India is 1194 mm. This figure represents the mean annual precipitation across the entire country, encompassing the diverse climatic zones and rainfall patterns that characterize India's vast landscape.
🔑KEY POINTS:
-Distribution of Rainfall in India-
-The monsoon rainfall has a declining trend with increasing distance from the sea. Kolkata receives 119 cm during the southwest monsoon period, Patna 105 cm, Allahabad 76 cm and Delhi 56 cm. Hence, statement 2 is correct.
-The average annual rainfall in India is about 125 cm, but it has great spatial variations.
-Areas of High Rainfall-Â
-The highest rainfall occurs along the west coast, on the Western Ghats, as well as in the sub-Himalayan areas in the northeast and the hills of Meghalaya. Here the rainfall exceeds 200 cm.
-In some parts of Khasi and Jaintia hills, the rainfall exceeds 1,000 cm.
-In the Brahmaputra valley and the adjoining hills, the rainfall is less than 200 cm.
-Areas of Medium Rainfall-Â
-Rainfall between 100-200 cm is received in the southern parts of Gujarat, east Tamil Nadu, northeastern Peninsula covering Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar, eastern Madhya Pradesh, northern Ganga plain along the sub-Himalayas and the Cachar Valley and Manipur.
-Areas of Low Rainfall-Â
-Western Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir, eastern Rajasthan, Gujarat and Deccan Plateau receives rainfall between 50-100 cm.
-Areas of Inadequate Rainfall-Â
-Parts of the Peninsula, especially in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Maharashtra, Ladakh and most of western Rajasthan receive rainfall below 50 cm.
🔑KEY POINTS:
-Distribution of Rainfall in India-
-The monsoon rainfall has a declining trend with increasing distance from the sea. Kolkata receives 119 cm during the southwest monsoon period, Patna 105 cm, Allahabad 76 cm and Delhi 56 cm. Hence, statement 2 is correct.
-The average annual rainfall in India is about 125 cm, but it has great spatial variations.
-Areas of High Rainfall-Â
-The highest rainfall occurs along the west coast, on the Western Ghats, as well as in the sub-Himalayan areas in the northeast and the hills of Meghalaya. Here the rainfall exceeds 200 cm.
-In some parts of Khasi and Jaintia hills, the rainfall exceeds 1,000 cm.
-In the Brahmaputra valley and the adjoining hills, the rainfall is less than 200 cm.
-Areas of Medium Rainfall-Â
-Rainfall between 100-200 cm is received in the southern parts of Gujarat, east Tamil Nadu, northeastern Peninsula covering Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar, eastern Madhya Pradesh, northern Ganga plain along the sub-Himalayas and the Cachar Valley and Manipur.
-Areas of Low Rainfall-Â
-Western Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir, eastern Rajasthan, Gujarat and Deccan Plateau receives rainfall between 50-100 cm.
-Areas of Inadequate Rainfall-Â
-Parts of the Peninsula, especially in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Maharashtra, Ladakh and most of western Rajasthan receive rainfall below 50 cm.