Definition of a Monsoon: The word "monsoon" is come from the Arabic word call “mausim" which means season. The Ancient traders sailing in the Indian Ocean and adjoining Arabian Sea used it to describe a system of alternating winds which blow persistently from the northeast during the northern winter and from the opposite direction‚ the southwest‚ during the northern summer. How does Monsoon form? Monsoons are caused primarily by variation in temperature over large areas of land than over
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The most important event in the Indian year is the monsoons. India is an agricultural country‚ and the year’s crops depend on the character of rainy season. A good monsoon means prosperity‚ excess of monsoon indicates floods and failure of monsoon spells drought and famine. The monsoon‚ or trade winds‚ reaches India about the month of June‚ firstly on the south – western coasts of Kerala. Coming‚ as they do over thousands of miles of sea‚ they are laden with moisture‚ and when they feel and meet
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The major monsoon systems of the world consist of the West African and Asia-Australian monsoons. The inclusion of the North and South American monsoons with incomplete wind reversal has been debated.[4] The term was first used in English in British India (now India‚ Bangladesh and Pakistan) and neighbouring countries to refer to the big seasonal winds blowing from the Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea in the southwest bringing heavy rainfall to the area.[5][6] The south-west monsoon winds are called
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MONSOON IN PAKISTAN 1. Introduction. There are two main types of climates‚ hot and cold. In Pakistan we have both. Today we will see hot climate. Hot climate in Pakistan starts from the month of March and prevails till the month of September. In Rahwali hot climate is coupled with moisture and that is because of monsoon. 2. Aim. To teach the phenomenon of monsoon in Pakistan and flying hazards associated with it. 3. Preview a. Revision. b. Climate of Pakistan. c. What is monsoon? (1) Area of
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MONSOON India is a land of seasons. There are six seasons in India. Foue out of these are main namely summer‚ winter‚ spring and the most important monsoon. If we see‚ Half of the India depends on the monsoon season and the rains brought by it. We can say this as almost half or more than half of the country in ingaged in agriculture. No rain can be a reason for the failure of crops. Bad crops means less food and as the population of india in increasing‚ more food is needed. Thus the monsoon is
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The Indian Monsoon The monsoon is a yearly cycle‚ where the direction of the wind changes‚ bringing storms and rainfall to the land‚ and when the wind changes again it brings drought to the land. This creates a wet and a dry season in some areas‚ such as the Indian region. However‚ this is not a set of wet and dry seasons‚ the monsoon varies from year to year and even from day to day. The word “monsoon” is believed to have originated from the Arabic word mausem‚ which itself means “season” (Fein &
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Wedding Customs in Monsoon Wedding Judson Michael Edwards Course: English 230 Instructor: Ms. Andree Cosby Essay Type: Literary Analysis Monsoon Wedding is a movie by Mira Nair “set in modern-day Delhi‚” and falls under the interesting category of “Punjabi comedy” (Howe WE37). Nair herself is from Delhi‚ which has been a Punjabi stronghold since 1947‚ when Muslims left the city for the newly formed country of Pakistan (WE37). The storyline is based on an arranged marriage between the characters
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It involves clearing a patch of forest land‚ but retaining useful trees and plant varieties‚ cultivating it for two to three years and then abandoning it for 10-20 years to allow the natural forest to grow back and the soil to regain its fertility. The cycle of cultivation‚ leaving it fallow and coming back to it for cultivation‚ is called the Jhum cycle. Traditionally‚ a village community owns/controls the forest land and decides on such rotational cultivation pattern. Thus the community cultivates
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October 19‚ 2004 English 102 A Wedding in a Monsoon and a Monsoon of a Wedding Marriage is an institution that has spanned time. In India it is one of their many traditions. It has changed lives for the better and for the worse. I will be looking at two different art forms that display marriage in two different sights. One will be Monsoon Wedding‚ a Mira Nair film‚ which portrays marriage‚ specifically arranged marriage‚ in a way that looks on the tradition not as a thing of the past but a
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Monsoon Onset dates and prevailing wind currents of the southwest summer and northeast winter monsoons. Regional variation in rainfall across India. The monsoon season delivers four-fifths of the country’s precipitation. The southwest summer monsoon‚ a four-month period when massive convective thunderstorms dominate India’s weather‚ is Earth’s most productive wet season.[31] A product of southeast trade winds originating from a high-pressure mass centered over the southern Indian Ocean‚ the
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