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monsoon in india
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The Monsoon in India
The monsoon climate is found mainly in South and South East Asia and this type of climate effects countries such as India and Bangladesh in particular. Parts of East Africa also experience the effects of the monsoon climate. The name ‘monsoon’ comes from the Arabic word for season but is often used by climatologists to describe a climate affected by a change in air pressure, wind direction and subsequent rainfall. ... The monsoon rains give some of the highest rainfall totals anywhere in the world with over 13 metres of rain in 4 months some years. ... A thermal low forms as a result of intense surface heating over Northern India. ...
Over the Indian sub continent the climate has 4 distinct seasons: The ‘cold’ season (Dec/Jan), the ‘hot’ season (Feb/May), the ‘wet’ season (June/Sept) and the ‘monsoon retreat’ season (Oct/Nov). It is the rainy season that is generally referred to as the monsoon season. ... Advance of the monsoon is not steady. The monsoon is unreliable and makes progress then stalls before progressing again. The monsoon is unreliable and very variable in its distribution. Some areas get heavier rainfall than others and some years the monsoon may fail to turn up at all.
The arrival of the monsoon in India is not as sudden as some information suggests. As the overhead sun slowly moves over India a monsoon trough is created. ... The monsoon first breaks over South West India in the later half of May. The two sections of the trough meet over North central India in mid June before moving North West of the country Kashmir. ... Warm moist air is drawn form across the Indian Ocean and marks the start of the monsoon rains. As the low pressure encourages rising air over Northern India this leads to an upper troposphere anticyclone with outwards moving air. ...
Although research suggests that the monsoon arrives suddenly in some locations, light showers often precede the arrival of the heavy rain and monsoon winds may arrive with no accompanying rainfall.
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Title: monsoon in india
Words: 1609
Rating: None
Pages: 6.4
submitted by: jesswina
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