Consider the following description:
- 1.Annual and daily range of temperatures is low.
- 2.Precipitation occurs throughout the year.
- 3.Precipitation varies between 50 cm – 250 cm.
What is this type of climate?
Answer & explanation
Answer: (d) Marine West coast climate
All three features describe the Marine West Coast (Cfb) climate of places like north-western Europe: the sea keeps both annual and daily temperature ranges small, rain falls in every month, and totals vary widely between about 50 and 250 cm.
- ✓ (d) Koeppen's Cfb climate has small annual and daily temperature ranges, precipitation throughout the year, and 50–250 cm of precipitation — exactly the three clues.
- ✗ (a) Equatorial climate also has rain all year and a small annual range, but its rainfall is much heavier and it is hot throughout the year; the 50–250 cm spread points to the mid-latitude west coasts.
- ✗ (c) Humid subtropical (China type) climate lies on eastern margins, with hot summers and about 75–150 cm of rain, often with summer thunderstorms.
Remember · Marine West Coast (Cfb): NW Europe, British Columbia, southern Chile, New Zealand — mild, small temperature ranges, rain all year, 50–250 cm.
📘 Read it in NCERT: Class 11 Fundamentals of Physical Geography, Ch 11 (practise this chapter) · Class 11 Fundamentals of Physical Geography, Ch 11 (practise this chapter)
Sources
- NCERT Class 11 · Fundamentals of Physical Geography, Chapter 11 “The mean temperature in summer months ranges from 15°-20°C and in winter 4°-10°C. The annual and daily ranges of temperature are small. Precipitation occurs throughout the year. Precipitation varies greatly from 50-250cm.”
- NCERT Class 11 · Fundamentals of Physical Geography, Chapter 11 “The annual averages of precipitation vary from 75-150 cm. Thunderstorms in summer and frontal precipitation in winter are common.”
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