WORLD CIVILIZATION

CIVILIZATION

INDUS VALLEY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Shifting winds that bring heavy rains to India in the summer are called ____
A
monsoons
B
mongols
C
hurricanes
D
tornados
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The summer monsoon is associated with heavy rainfall. It usually happens between April and September. As winter ends, warm, moist air from the southwest Indian Ocean blows toward countries like India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Myanmar. The summer monsoon brings a humid climate and torrential rainfall to these areas.

Detailed explanation-2: -South West monsoons give heavy rainfall in India. The winds that blow from the South West or South brings heavy rainfall to India in the summer. During the summer season the land is heated and a low pressure area is created, so the warm moist air from the sea starts to blow towards the land.

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

Detailed explanation-4: -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 term is also sometimes used to describe locally heavy but short-term rains.

Detailed explanation-5: -Monsoon winds in India are seasonal winds that blows from south-west direction in India in the month of June and brings rainfall. In the month of October, the winds change their direction and this cycle repeats itself every year. Hence they are known as seasonal winds.

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