Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Geography

A place has the following characteristics:

  • Its underlying land surface heats rapidly during summer and cools rapidly during winter.
  • Its annual temperature range is considerably greater than that of a maritime location at a similar latitude and elevation.
  • Seasonal temperature extremes are not substantially moderated by sea and land breezes.

Which one of the following most directly accounts for these characteristics?

  1. Local aspect.
  2. Distance from the sea.
  3. Passage of a warm ocean current.
  4. Normal lapse rate.
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