CLIMATE OF INDIA
GENERAL FEATURES OF INDIAN CLIMATE
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Question
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When the snow melts in the Himalayas ____
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the rivers flood, making the people happy for the silt
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the rivers flood causing widespread death and sorrow
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the land becomes dry and the people are happy to begin farming
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the land is covered by a monsoon and the people are happy for the rain
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Snow and glaciers are melting rapidly in the Himalayan range due to climate change, altering water supplies in the rivers like Indus, Ganga and Brahmaputra in the Himalaya-Karakoram (HK) ranges.
Detailed explanation-2: -The increase of volume of water caused floods. The Brahmaputra River has its origin in the Himalayan glaciers and thus is directly affected by glacier melting due to Himalayan warming. [26] studied the floods in Brahmaputra river basin in India.
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