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Let’s Recall

• Asia experiences a variation in climatic conditions across regions on account of its many
oceans, mountains, deserts as well as the varied wind patterns.
• The monsoon plays a very prominent role in Asia. The summer monsoon and the winter
monsoon determine the climate for most of India and South-East Asia.
• Factors that infl uence the climate of Asia are its latitudinal extent, distance from the sea,
alignment of mountain ranges and winds and ocean currents.
• We fi nd the following types of climatic zones in diff erent parts of Asia—tundra, temperate,
monsoon, equatorial, desert, temperate grasslands, Mediterranean and taiga.
• The main types of vegetation seen in Asia are tundra, taiga, deciduous, tropical deciduous,
desert and equatorial.

Let’s Learn

A Choose the correct answer from the options given below.
1. Which one of the following does not play a role in impacting the climate of a region?
(a) Latitude (b) Temperature
(c) Ocean current (d) Distance from the sea

2. Vegetation in cold tundra areas include _________________.
(a) walnuts, pulses and pines (b) ferns, shrubs and elms

(c) mosses, lichens and sedges (d) ferns, oaks and elms
3. Deciduous vegetation in some parts of China is also known as _________________.

(a) Manchurian mixed forest (b) wet forest
(c) monsoon forest (d) Central Korean deciduous forest

4. The monsoon region experiences _________________.
(a) a defi nite dry season and a defi nite wet season
(b) rainfall throughout the year
(c) cold freezing winters and warm summers
(d) cold and dry climate throughout the year

5. What must be there for moisture-laden clouds to move from the sea to land?

(a) A low pressure over the land (b) A high pressure over the land
(c) A low pressure over the seas (d) A low pressure over both land and sea

B Fill in the blanks.
1. By June, the sun is directly over the _______________ in most parts of Asia.
2. The Himalayas aff ect the climate by obstructing moisture-bearing winds coming from the
south to cross over to _______________.

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