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• Information literacy
• Critical thinking
21st CENTURY SKILLS
• AIL
7 India—The Climatic

Conditions Competencies
C-2.1

Warm Up

1. Name the hottest place in India.

2. Name the coldest place in India.

The average conditions of weather of a large area for a long time is called
the climate of that area.

The climate of an area includes temperature, distribution of rainfall,
direction and speed of winds. These are called the elements of climate.

The physical features like mountains, hills and water bodies also influence
the climatic conditions of a country.

India is a very big country. The climatic conditions in India vary from
cold climate in the northern mountains to very hot in the Rajasthan

Desert. The coastal areas are mild. Some areas get heavy rainfall, while
others remain dry.

The climatic conditions in India can easily be explained in terms of an
annual cycle of seasons. It consists of four main seasons. These are the

winter season, the summer season, the rainy season, and the autumn
season. We experience these seasons one after the other in a regular

manner.

The Winter Season

The winter season in our country begins in the month of November
and continues till the month of March. January is the coldest month in

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