The June–September map shows where about 75% of India’s annual rain actually falls.
INDIA · LOCATION STUDY
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STUDY NOTE 1
The wet quadrants
The west-coast strip and the northeast (Meghalaya, Assam, sub-Himalayan Bengal) dominate, both exceeding 200 cm in the season.
STUDY NOTE 2
The dry cores
Western Rajasthan, the Kutch, the leeward Deccan (Rayalaseema, interior Karnataka, rain-shadow Tamil Nadu) and Ladakh stay below 40 cm.
STUDY NOTE 3
Agriculture rides this map
Kharif sowing, reservoir filling and flood risk all track the June–September totals; a weak season means drought declarations the next year.
Map reading task
Shade the >200 cm and <40 cm zones and name two crops whose calendars depend on this season.
What does this seasonal rainfall (june–september) lesson explain?
The west-coast strip and the northeast (Meghalaya, Assam, sub-Himalayan Bengal) dominate, both exceeding 200 cm in the season.
UPSC map practice & Geography Optional connection
For UPSC Prelims, pair the location with its state, neighbouring relief and relevant geographic process. For GS I and Geography Optional Indian geography revision, use a simple labelled sketch to explain the relationship rather than replacing the answer with place names. These are Pragnya-authored exercises, not official UPSC previous-year questions.
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