ReasoningEasy1 mark
4(iii)
Give a geographical reason for each of the following:
The Malabar coast receives heavy rainfall in the month of July but the Coromandel coast during this time remains comparatively dry.
Topic: Windward and leeward coasts
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The Malabar coast lies on the windward west, where the Arabian Sea branch of the monsoon strikes first and drops heavy rain; the Coromandel coast lies in the rain-shadow of the peninsula in July and gets its rain later, from the retreating north-east monsoon.
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