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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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 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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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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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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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 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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Monsoon is traditionally defined as a seasonal reversing wind accompanied by corresponding changes in precipitation‚[1] but is now used to describe seasonal changes in atmospheric circulation and precipitation associated with the asymmetric heating of land and sea.[2] [3] Usually‚ the term monsoon is used to refer to the rainy phase of a seasonally-changing pattern‚ although technically there is also a dry phase. The major monsoon systems of the world consist of the West African and Asia-Australian
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The tropical monsoon climate is found in those regions where there is a complete seasonal reversal of winds. It is mainly found beyond the equatorial region between 10° and 25° North and South of the Equator. On-shore summer winds blowing from over tropical warm oceans generate the abundant precipitation‚ while the off-shore winds from over land make the weather dry during winter. The most clearly defined monsoon climates are located in the coastal areas of the eastern and southern Asia. For example
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