9th Class Social Science Climate / जलवायु Question Bank 9th CBSE Social Science Climate

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      Why do the north-east trade winds change their direction while blowing through the Ganga valley?

    Answer:

                      (i) A feeble higli pressure area develops over (lie north-western part of India in the cold weather season. Light winds begin to blow outwards. (ii) These dry north-westerlies winds come; in contact With the Indian trades (north-easterlies) over (lie Ganga valley. (iii) The direction of north-easterlies changes as  result of (his contact as well as under the influence of topography. (iv) Their direction is north-westerlies down the Ganga, alley and northerlies over the Ganga-Brahmaputra Delta. (v) Over the Bay of Bengal, the trade winds retain their original north- easterlies direction, as they are free from the influence of any topography over the sea.


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