Question

India's climate has characteristics of tropical as well as subtropical climates.' Explain.

Answer 1

Hint: This happens because almost half of the country lies towards the south of the Tropic of Cancer and another half towards the North.

Complete answer: India's climate has both the characteristics of tropical as well as subtropical climate due to the tropic of cancer that passes through the middle of this country, from the Rann of Kuchh that is in the west and Mizoram that is in the east. Almost half of the country lies towards the south of the Tropic of Cancer and it belongs to the Tropical area of India. India even receives a southwest monsoon that begins between June and September. As soon as it becomes a downpour in the western region of Tamilnadu. due to which the eastern and the central part of Tamil Nadu becomes a rain shadow region. The state receives rainfall of about 150 cm which occurs due to the monsoon winds during this time period. Monsoon is a seasonal change that comes with precipitation, which is associated with the heating of land and the sea.
Ocean remains at a lower temperature than the land, and the air above it retains a higher pressure. This difference in pressure leads the sea breezes to blow from the ocean to the land, bringing moist air inland.
India even experiences extreme cold in the Himalayas and Jammu and Kashmir. India has a long coastline along with the states like Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, and Kerala.

Note: India hosts two major climatic subtypes which include the tropical monsoon climate and the tropical wet and dry climate. This happens because almost half of the country lies towards the south of the Tropic of Cancer and another half towards the North.