Topic: Salient features of world’s physical geography.
1. The Köppen climate classification system takes into account both the temperature and the amount of precipitation to group different regions into specific climate types. Examine. (250 words)
Difficulty level: Tough
Reference: Insights on India
Why the question:
The question is part of the static syllabus of General studies paper – 1 and mentioned as part of Mission-2024 Secure timetable.
Key Demand of the question:
To write about to Koppens climate classification scheme, major climate regions and then discuss its limitations.
Directive word:
Examine – When asked to ‘Examine’, we must investigate the topic (content words) in detail, inspect it, investigate it and establish the key facts and issues related to the topic in question. While doing so we should explain why these facts and issues are important and their implications.
Structure of the answer:
Introduction:
Give a brief about the comprehensive nature of classification of climate by Koeppen.
Body:
In the first part, explain the scheme in detail- make a table of the world climates and draw a rough diagram for illustration purposes. Write a few advantages of the Koppens climate classification scheme.
Discuss its limitations. – estimated rather than measurable variables involved, symbol system difficult to interpret, other factors not taken into account, too simplistic etc.
Conclusion:
Conclude by mentioning that despite the above discussed limitations, it is one of the most widely used climate classification schemes, although with modifications.
