GK
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
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Question
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The seasonal reversal of winds is the typical characterstic of
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Equatorial climate
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Mediterranean climate
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Monsoon climate
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All of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -B) Monsoon is the climate associated with a seasonal reversal in direction of winds.
Detailed explanation-2: -Unlike equatorial wet climate, monsoon climate is characterized by distinct wet and dry seasons associated with seasonal reversal of winds. Floods in wet season and droughts in dry season are common. Usually there are three seasons namely summer, winter and rainy season.
Detailed explanation-3: -Arabs named the seasonal reversal of the wind system “monsoon”. The term monsoon means ‘season. ‘ The Arab sailors who visited India in historic times first noticed this seasonal wind reversal and named it monsoon after the Arabic word ‘mausim.
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