As India is a big country, it has a wide range of landforms like mountains, plateaus and piains. These affect the climate in various paris of the country. The life-style (food habits, clothes one wears, etc.) depends on the climate of the place one lives in. There are some places where the climate is extremely hot while at others it is very cold. | There are some places that get heavy rainfall and there are others that do not get any rainfall for years. Some places get floods due to heavy rainfall, while some places are hit by drought and famines due to little or no rainfall. All these factors are decided by the climate of a place. By the end of this chapter, you know — © The major seasons of india. @ How seasons affect our life. THE CLIMATE OF OUR COUNTRY INDIA ANNUAL RAINFA age Be occah s = : 5 2 23 2 BB 2% oxcivaras \ OE Bg) MOE | el otctlcei % vont WE Thinwanantpuram ‘Map of India — Rainfall