Climate Of India

History


The formation of the Himalayas (pictured) during the Early Eocene some 53 million years ago was a key factor in determining India's modern-day climate; global climate and ocean chemistry may have been impacted.


During the Late Permian (some 260251 Ma), the Indian subcontinent was part of the vast supercontinent Pangaea. Despite its position within a high-latitude belt at 5575 S (as opposed to its current position between 5 and 35 N), latitudes now occupied by Greenland and

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