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  2. Climate of Tamil Nadu - Wikipedia

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    The Climate of Tamil Nadu, India is generally tropical and features fairly hot temperatures over the year except during the monsoon seasons. The city of Chennai lies on the thermal equator , [ 1 ] which means Chennai and Tamil Nadu does not have that much temperature variation.

  3. Deccan thorn scrub forests - Wikipedia

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    This ecoregion covers the semi-arid portions of the Deccan Plateau, extending across the Indian states of Maharashtra, Telangana, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu to the Northern Province of Sri Lanka. Only small patches of natural habitat remain, as most of the region has been cleared for grazing.

  4. 2021 South India floods - Wikipedia

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    The 2021 South India floods are a series of floods associated with Depression BOB 05 and a low pressure system that caused widespread disruption across the Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, and the nearby Sri Lanka. The rainfall started on 1 November in Tamil Nadu. [1]

  5. Cyclone Nisha (2008) - Wikipedia

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    At least 189 people were killed by the heavy rains and floods caused by the Nisha in Tamil Nadu. [14] [16] Some places have recorded extreme rainfall, notably Orathanadu, Thanjavur District where over 660 mm of rain fell in a 24-hour period, breaking the 65-year-old record of highest daily rainfall in Tamil Nadu. In two days, Orathanadu ...

  6. Tank cascade system - Wikipedia

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    Rain clouds over a tank in Sri Lanka. The tank cascade system (Sinhala: එල්ලංගාව, romanized: ellaṅgāva), sometimes referred to as the Pimburaththewa Tank, is an ancient irrigation system spanning the island of Sri Lanka.

  7. Geography of South India - Wikipedia

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    NASA satellite photo of South India, 31 January 2003.. The Geography of South India comprises the diverse topological and climatic patterns of South India.South India is a peninsula in the shape of a vast inverted triangle, bounded on the west by the Arabian Sea, on the east by the Bay of Bengal and on the north by the Vindhya and Satpura ranges.

  8. Cyclone Nilam - Wikipedia

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    Nilam as a deep depression near Sri Lanka. Overall, 4,627 people were reportedly displaced due to the flooding and 56 people have left their homes in fear of landslides. Sri Lanka's Disaster Management Center said that about 1,000 houses were damaged by the storm. [22] Across Sri Lanka, ten people were killed in events related to Cyclone Nilam ...

  9. Kankesanthurai - Wikipedia

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    Kankesanthurai is on the north coast of the Jaffna Peninsula, near Point Pedro, the northernmost point in Sri Lanka. Its port is to the north, facing the Bay of Bengal in the Indian Ocean. The climate of Jaffna peninsula is considered to be tropical monsoonal with a seasonal rhythm of rainfall.