CLIMATE OF INDIA
GENERAL FEATURES OF INDIAN CLIMATE
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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break
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burst
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mango shower
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kaal baishakhi
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Detailed explanation-1: -A sudden increase in the amount of normal rainfall, which continues for several days is known as the burst of monsoon. The duration of the monsoon is between 100-120 days from early June to mid-September around the time of its arrival, the normal rainfall increases suddenly and continues constantly for several days.
Detailed explanation-2: -Detailed Solution. The correct answer is Burst. Burst means a sudden increase in the normal rainfall which continues for several days.
Detailed explanation-3: -A monsoon is a seasonal change in the direction of the prevailing, or strongest, winds of a region. Monsoons cause wet and dry seasons throughout much of the tropics. Monsoons are most often associated with the Indian Ocean. Monsoons always blow from cold to warm regions.
Detailed explanation-4: -Indian Monsoon When the land is heated and water bodies get cooled, it creates low pressure on the ground and high pressure over the sea and vice versa. There is a shift in the position of the Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) over the Ganga plain in summer. It is known as a monsoon trough.
Detailed explanation-5: -The South-West monsoon causes over 80% of the rainfall over the country from June to September. The south-west monsoon originates from the Indian ocean.