(i) India’s Climate is of monsoon type. But there is diversity in climatic conditions of India due to the latitudinal location and altitude of the place.
(ii) As the Tropic of Cancer passes through middle of India, it divides the country into tropical region and sub tropical region.
(iii) The tropical region receives nearly vertical rays of the Sun and the temperature increases as we move towards the south.
(iv) In the sub tropical region of the north, summers are very hot and winters are very cool and dry.
(v) The Himalayas lie in the northern part of India. They protects us from the cold winds that blow from the north, obstructs the South West Monsoon Winds which results in orographic rainfall in its southern slopes.
(vi) In major parts of India precipitation is in the form of rainfall, but in the Himalayas it is in the form of snowfall.
