ReasoningModerate1 mark
4(iii)
Shyam attended winter trekking camps in both Nainital and Ooty and observed that the mountains in Nainital were ice-covered, whereas in Ooty they were ice-free.
As a student of Geography, explain the reason for the difference in the climate of Nainital and Ooty?
Topic: Latitude and temperature
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Nainital lies far to the north in the temperate Himalayan latitudes, where winter temperatures drop below freezing and western disturbances bring snow; Ooty lies near the tropics in the Nilgiris, where winters never grow cold enough for ice.
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