CLIMATE OF INDIA
SEASONS IN INDIA
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extreme weather
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prolonged drought
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seasonal winds
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storm surge
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -The Arabs, who had also come to India as traders named the seasonal reversal of the wind system as monsoon.
Detailed explanation-3: -A monsoon (from the Arabic mausim, which means ‘season’) arises due to a difference in temperatures between a landmass and the adjacent ocean. The seasonal reversal in wind direction during a year is called the monsoon. The wet monsoon begins when winds bringing cooler, more humid air from above the oceans to the land.