The factors that affect climate are called climatic controls.
These include:
1. Latitude
2. Land-water relationship
3. Relief
4. Upper air circulation
1. Latitude:
- Intensity of temperature depends on the latitude. It is more intense in lower latitudes than at higher latitudes.
- In India, the southern part lies in the tropical zone, closer to the equator; it has a higher average temperature than that in the northern part. Ex: The climate of Kanyakumari is different from that of Delhi.
2. Land-water relationship:
- The water bodies absorb and lose heat more slowly than land.
- Due to this the formation of land and sea breezes influence the climate of coastal region. Ex: As Visakhapatnam is on the seashore, it is cooler than Guntur which is not on the seashore.
