SOILS AND NATURAL VEGETATION
NATURAL VEGETATION INDIA
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retreating monsoon
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temperate cyclones
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local thunderstorms
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shift in jet stream movement
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Detailed explanation-1: -Winter rains in North and North-West India are generally associated with the phenomenon of Temperate cyclones. In the winter season temperature cyclon occured in Arabean sea. This phenomenon led a rain in the North-West India. Was this answer helpful?
Detailed explanation-2: -During the winter season, north-east trade winds prevail over India. They blow from land to sea and hence, for most part of the country, it is a dry season. These cause winter rains over the plains and snowfall in the mountains.
Detailed explanation-3: -The nature of the winter rainfall in north western India is Cyclonic.
Detailed explanation-4: -Western Disturbances (WDs) can be called the Indian winter monsoon because they are the major source of precipitation (for both rain and snowfall) for the north Indian region during winters.
Detailed explanation-5: -The regions that receive rainfall in winter in India are Tamil Nadu and Kerala. This is due to a phenomenon called North east monsoon. Northeast monsoon occurs during October-December and affects only the southern part of India.