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"Availability of water varies from place to place and time to time in India." Explain the statement with one example of each.                                                                                                                              [Delhi 2003]

Answer:

Availability of water resources varies from place to place and from time to time mainly due to vagaries of monsoon rainfall in terms of seasonal and annual precipitation. Rajasthan receives rainfall for two to three months whereas Shillong receives rainfall for eight to nine months.