India: climate and the monsoon
Climatic regions of India
Practise 1 PYQConcepts to cover
- Koppen's climatic types applied to India and their regions
- Amw: west coast south of Goa; As: Coromandel with winter rain
- Aw over most of the Peninsula; BShw semi-arid steppe of the Deccan interior and Punjab-Haryana; BWhw Thar desert
- Cwg over the Ganga plain and north-east; Dfc, E and ET of the Himalaya and Ladakh
- Climate of the Andaman and Nicobar and Lakshadweep islands: humid tropical maritime, rain from both monsoons
Where to study
India: Physical Environment, Class XI, chapter 4: Climate (2026-27)
- ch. 4, Climate, p. 1-15 (book pages 27-41)
Geography of India · Majid Husain
- ch. 4, Climate
Exploring Society: India and Beyond, Grade 7 Part 1, chapter 3: Climates of India (Reprint 2026-27)
- ch. 3, Types of Climates in India, p. 4 (book page 48)
- ch. 3, tropical wet climate, p. 4 (book page 48)
- ch. 3, semi-arid climate, p. 4 (book page 48)
- ch. 3, subtropical, p. 4 (book page 48)
- ch. 3, Nicobar Islands, p. 5 (book page 49)
- ch. 3, c) Proximity to the sea, p. 7 (book page 51)