October to December.
| Normal Rainfall. | |
| I. N.W.F. Province. | II. Kashmir. |
| III. Panjáb E. and N. | IV. Panjáb S.W. |
Fig. 16. Rainfall of different Seasons.
CHAPTER V
CLIMATE
Types of Climate.—The climate of the Panjáb plains is determined by their distance from the sea and the existence of formidable mountain barriers to the north and west. The factor of elevation makes the climate of the Himalayan tracts very different from that of the plains. Still more striking is the contrast between the Indian Himalayan climate and the Central Asian Trans-Himalayan climate of Spití, Lahul, and Ladákh.
Zones.—A broad division into six zones may be recognised: