Factors that influence agriculture in India

Question 1

What is the climate of India?

Answer 1

• tropical
• 20- 30 degrees
• rainfall controlled by monsoon(reversal of wind patterns that brings a wet season)
• wet season ( June to September)
• dry season( October to June)
• thar desert in north west= dry

Question 2

How does the climate influence what type of plants can be planted in India?

Answer 2

• rice and sugar cane need high temps
• monsoon controls when plants can be planted and harvested. If they’re late or have low rainfall irrigation, yield affected
• in the wet season thirsty crops( rice) planted in east along Ganges valley and eastern and western ghats. Rainfall, can be over 2500
• dry season , millet grown

Question 3

What regions grow which plants in India?

Answer 3

North west- wheat, maize and chickpeas are grown
Assam state in north east- tea
Thar desert - when irrigation is used, cotton and millet are grown

Question 4

What soils are there in India- where are they, and what is grown in the various types of soils ?

Answer 4

—south west state of Kerala- deep fertile red soils- coffee
—Ganges valley- alluvial clay dish soil that’s renewed each year-rice
—Himalayas- Thin infertile-goat herding
— Assam + Himachal Pradesh- well drained, aerated red soil- tea