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Kush MotwaniAIR 11

Question 4GS1GS1

पृथ्वी की सतह पर तापमान के असमान वितरण के लिए जिम्मेदार विभिन्न कारक हैं तथा इसके प्रभाव समझें | Discuss the various factors responsible for the uneven temperature distribution on Earth's surface. (Answer in 150 words) 10 Marks

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Global warming & leading to more extreme & weather events, which are influenced by

Uneven temperature distribution

fay has led to repeated interest in understanding temperature distribution

Factors:

1. Latitude:

Latitudinal offset (radiation, ie, amount of sunlight falling,

RE, amount of sunlight falling

2. [Coriolis belt]

(IV) during Solar Apex - South Atl.

Hablwm hemisphere receives more sunlight, and vice versa

2. ⊙ Uneven distribution of [landmass] & [waterbodies]:

water has [higher specific heat capacity]
land time heats up and cools down faster

3. ⊙ Northern hemisphere [landmass]

and [waterbodies]:

water has greater heat capacity]
Land time heats up and cools down
Northern hemisphere has more land mass
hence more variability

4. [Ocean currents]:

(eg.) gulf stream is called "[bloomer of Europe]"

5. Trade wind:

Difference in temperature between western and eastern margins of continents

6. Altitude:

as altitude increasestemperature decreases

(∴ "normal lapse rate" or "adiabatic lapse rate")

7. Vegetation cover:

↓ reduce volatility, by absorbing heat

hence more extremes in arid (desert regions

8. Natural disasters:

(eg.) vulnerability to heat (cold waves)

9. Human factors:

() [human-made global warming]
[anthropogenic global warming]

["Deforestation" leading to uneven distribution]

Hence, it is important to properly understand impact of all these factors, to build capacity against climate change.

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Conclusion

Hence, it is important to properly understand impact of all these factors, to build capacity against climate change.

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Kush Motwani

AIR 11

Subject & Paper

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Topic

Salient features of World's Physical Geography

Important Geophysical Phenomena

Uneven temperature distribution on Earth's surface - factors and causes

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