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The Kashmir region receives additional amount of precipitation during the winter brought by

A. South-west Monsoon

B. Western Disturbances

C. Retreating Monsoon

D. Temperate Cyclone

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Correct option (b) Western Disturbances

Explanation:

Fairly widespread to widespread rainfall/snowfall is likely over Jammu & Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh owing to the western disturbances.

A Western Disturbance is an extratropical storm originating in the Mediterranean region that brings sudden winter rain to the north-western parts of the Indian subcontinent.

The moisture in these storms usually originates over the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean.

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