THE CLIMATE OF INDIA

THE CLIMATE OF INDIA
The Indian climate can be described as the tropical monsoon type. It is greatly influenced by the presence of the Himalaya in the north and the Indian Ocean in the south. Regional variations do, however, occur. The Tropic of Cancer divides India into two almost equal climatic zones, namely, the northern wne and the southern zone. The warm temperate or sub-tropical climate of the northern zone gives it cold winter seasons and hot summer seasons. The southern tropical climatic zone of India is warmer than the north and does not have a clear-cut winter season. While the northern zone does not have the midday sun vertically overhead during any part of the year, the southern zone has the mid-day sun almost vertically overhead at least twice every year.