Climates

In southern India, the climates include tropical wet & dry, and semiarid to the east on the Western Ghats.

• Tropical wet & dry is caused by orographic rainfall and summer monsoon winds.
• The semiarid climate is caused by the rain shadow of the Western Ghats.

In the Indo-Gangetic Plain, the climate is humid subtropical.

• The majority of the population lives in the humid subtropical climate.

In the Thar Desert, the climates include arid and semiarid.

In the Himalayas, the climate is highlands.



The Himalayas
http://www.mrdowling.com/612-himalayas.html

(Source: Copyright 2003 by Pearson Education, World Geography: Building A Global Perspective, http://www.abc-clio.com/)