Cool and heat places in India.

The climate is influence by the height of a place above the sea level. The distance of some places may be the same, but their climate may be different because they are located at different heights from the sea level. For example, Chennai, Mangalore and Bangalore are the same distance from the equator. While Chennai and Mangalore are located at the sea level, Bangalore is at a height of 550 meters above the sea level. Hence, the climate of Bangalore is cooler than climate of Chennai or Mangalore. Places situated at higher altitudes or on hills and mountains are cool in summer.

So, the places like Simla, Srinagar, Kodaikanal, Darjeeling and Ooty are cool in summer also.

These places have become popular as hill stations and summer resorts.

Another factor influencing climate is distance from the sea. The places close to the sea enjoy a moderate climate because of the sea breezes. The sea breezes lessen the temperature of those places. In such places, the temperature is neither very hot nor very cool. In our country, Chennai, Kolkata, vishakapatnam and Mumbai are the coastal cities. They have a moderate climate. But, the places like Delhi, Amritsar, Patina, Jaipur and Hyderabad are away from sea. So they experience very hot summers and very cool winters.

The lives of the people are manly influenced by climate. Not only their food habits, dress, customs and traditions but also vegetation, crops, housing and occupations of the people are also influenced by the climate. As climate varies from place to place, the life of the people also varies.

India has a long coastal with 12 majors’ ports. There are 189 small and medium ports with 122 shipping companies handling the import and export of goods. There are number of marine training institutes and ship building and repair workshops.

India’s inland waterways are confined mostly to the northern plain as peninsular rivers are mostly seasonal efforts are on to develop the waterways in the plains.