CLIMATE OF INDIA
SEASONS IN INDIA
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Question
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Because Pune, India, lies in a rain shadow, its people have learned to live with:
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frequent droughts
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tropical cyclones
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water salinization
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widespread flooding
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The opposite side of the mountain is called the leeward side and usually sees much less precipitation. The reason is that air is descending on the leeward side of the mountain, and descending air is warmer and drier, which is the opposite of ascending air.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Atacama Desert can attribute its astoundingly low precipitation to a combination of several “drying” factors: the subtropical high, a double rain shadow, and the cold ocean current running up the west coast of South America.
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