Question

The winter rainfall helps in the cultivation of the rabi crops in northwestern India'. How do the northwestern parts of India get rainfall during winters?

Answer 1

Instructions:

• Explain western cyclonic disturbances and how they bring winter rainfall in northwestern parts of India.

Answer:
Northwestern parts of India receive rainfall in the winter season due to western cyclonic disturbances.

• Western cyclonic disturbances are low-pressure centres that blow from the Mediterranean sea and enter India from the west and northwest direction.​
• Northwestern states like Punjab, Haryana, northern Rajasthan, Jammu and Kashmir and Western Uttar Pradesh experience some rainfall due to the western cyclonic disturbances.
• This winter rainfall helps in the cultivation of the rabi crops in northwestern India.