Pre-monsoon rainfall in Karnataka and Kerala is known as mango shower (also known as April rains or summer showers). It helps in the ripening of mangoes.
Tripura has the highest number of primate species found in any Indian state. Tripura is a landlocked state in North East India. Tripura became a Union Territory on 1 July, 1963, and attained the status of a full-fledged state on 21 January, 1972. Tripura has a tropical savanna climate. The ancient name of Tripura is Kirat Desh or “The land of Kirat”.
The useful steps to prevent soil erosion are Afforestation, Contour Ploughing, Prohibition of shifting cultivation, Flood control, Restoration of long fallow, reclamation of alkaline and saline soil.
The Narmada river creates the conventional border between South India and North India. The river runs to the west for a span of 1,312 km and flowed through the Gulf of Khambat (Cambay) into the Arabian Sea, in Gujarat. Like the Mahi River and the Tapti River, the Narmada River is a river flowing from east to west.