INDIAN GEOGRAPHY

DRAINAGE OF INDIA

THE INDUS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is the name of the seasonal winds that cause the wet and dry seasons in India?
A
hurrican
B
tsunami
C
Monsoon
D
tornado
Explanation: 

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: -Monsoons produce the very wet summers and dry winters that occur on nearly all of the tropical continents. A monsoon is not a storm like a hurricane or a summer thunderstorm, but a much larger pattern of winds and rain that spans a large geographic area like a continent, or even the entire globe.

Detailed explanation-3: -The climate in India is affected by two seasonal winds-the northeast monsoon and the southwest monsoon.

Detailed explanation-4: -There are two types of monsoon winds. These are the Southwest monsoon and the Northeast monsoon winds.

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