INDIAN GEOGRAPHY

Detailed explanation-1: -Hot and dry winds known as loo blow during the summer days. The Loo is a strong, dusty, blustery, rankling, and dry summer wind from the west which blows over the western Indo-Gangetic Plain region of North India and Pakistan.

Detailed explanation-2: -Because of the extremely low humidity and high temperatures, the Loo has a severe drying effect on vegetation, causing widespread browning in the areas affected during the months of May and June.

Detailed explanation-3: -The wind flowing in the northern plains in summers is known as ‘loo’. Loo is a strong hot and dry winds that blows over the western Indo-Gangetic plain of north India and Pakistan. It is especially strong in the months of May and June.

Detailed explanation-4: -They blast in the northern hemisphere like north-eastern trade, and in the southern hemisphere like south-eastern trade. Therefore, Loo is an example of hot and dry winds in India’s northern plains.

Detailed explanation-5: -Sirocco. A sirocco is a hot desert wind that blows northward from the Sahara toward the Mediterranean coast of Europe. More broadly, it is used for any kind of hot, oppressive wind.