India Flashcards
Describe the topography of India
India’s topography is quite mountainous in some areas up north, where the Himalayan mountain ranges, but where it is near the coast. It is more flat than the rest of India.
When is the monsoon season in India?
April May March where the peak rain is.
What is the population of India?
1.5 billion
What is the capital of India?
New Delhi
Describe the yearly weather of India.
From January to April. Remind support for that period of time in May. The temperature increases a bit. In January, there is just under 600 mm of rainfall then in March and February and April the rainfall increases until its peak in May. In June the rain starts decreasing in July it increases a tiny bit then decreases again until September where it increases a tiny bit again. In June, the temperature increases up to about 23°C and goes up again. In August it drops by about 15°. Then the temperature keeps dropping until it is in December at around 0°. The rainfall keeps decreasing after its too small peaks.
Describe India’s location.
India is boarding, Pakistan, Nepal and China. It is a coastal country and is in Asia. It has the Bay of Bengal next to it.
Why are some earthquakes more deadly than others?
One: the wealth of a country, an LIC can’t make a recovery as well as an HIC as they lack money. And HSBC can adapt and repair and has lots of strong places. LIC is have many mud buildings.
Two: the time of day or year at night time most people are inside and asleep, so it causes more deaths.
Three population and earthquake that doesn’t kill anyone or cause damage is a natural hazard, but if it affects people, it is a natural disaster and the population means there’s more people around, so more damage is likely
For: the depth of focus, the exact point between earths surface and where the earthquake takes place, the closer the focus is to the surface, the greater the damages.
Five magnitude or size, if it is a larger thing on one of the scales, either the Richter scale, the Macaulay scale, all the logarithmic scale it is more dangerous.
Six: geology, hard rock is better and makes it more stable. It will cause less damage than sandstone. Liquid if a solid, where a solid turns to a liquid, because of shaking it forms cracks, where the water seeps in and liquefies the ground.
