5.2 land of monsoons

• Aardrijkskunde
• Middelbare school
• vmbo, mavo, havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1-6

5.2 India: land of monsoons

This lesson

- Landscape and climate India

- Monsoon in India

Lesson goal

At the end of the lessons you can:

(1) Describe the differences in landscape in India.

(2) Describe the causes and consequences of the dry and wet seasons in India.

Landscape and climate

1. Himalaya in the north (8000 metres high, cold, always snow)
2. Ganges Plain: Wide and flat landscape by river Ganges. Of the three Indians live there. Very fertile!
3. Thar desert in north west part: dry!

Landscape and climate

1. 4. Deccan plateau: Flat area above 500 metres. Little rain, area in the rain shadow of mountain range across the west coast. Landscape mostly savannah and steppes.
2. 5. Narrow coastal area along India's east and west coasts. West coast has tropical rainforst. Ganges Plain -> very populated

Cold, always snow

Wide and flat landscape: very fertile!

Desert: Very dry!

Narrow coastal area: tropical rainforest

Decan plateau: 500 high area: little rain

What are the three types of rainfall?

3 types of rainfall

1) Relief rainfall

2) Convectional rainfall

3) Frontal rainfall

What is a monsoon?

Work on assignments

5.2 1 up to and including 7b. 

This lesson

- Short recap

- Reading and answering

- Monsoon

- Filmpje: Veranderingen in moesson India

- Work on assignments

What are the 5 landscapes and their characteristics?

Cold, always snow

Wide and flat landscape: very fertile!

Desert: Very dry!

Narrow coastal area: tropical rainforest

Decan plateau: 500 high area: little rain

Monsoon

- Wind that change direction every 6 months: resulting in two different seasons:

- Dry and wet season.

Rainy season in June, July, August. Dry season in winter. 

How is it possible that India has only 2 seasons?

Read 'monsoon' in your book: How does the monsoon bring so many differences in rain?

ITCZ in Januari

ITCZ in July

Changing wind

Onshore to offshore

Summer monsoon

Winter monsoon

Wet or dry?

And why?

Wet or dry?

And why?

India has dry winters and wet summers. This is due to the monsoon. What is this monsoon?

1. A storm from the himalaya
2. A heatwave
3. A moist sea breeze in the summer from the Indian Ocean.
4. A hurricane with alot of rain