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- word ‘monsoon’ has been derived from the Arabic word Mausim which means season. The climate of India is described as the monsoon type. The monsoon word...7 KB (804 words) - 00:56, 27 April 2024
- (see the chapters before on rainfall). Late summer monsoon, weak summer monsoon and early winter monsoon can all lead to drought. Hot winds from the Gobi...1 KB (197 words) - 09:10, 25 February 2022
- because the friction of the air is large, due to the dense vegetation cover. Exception: In monsoon areas, onshore and offshore monsoon winds are frequent....2 KB (292 words) - 12:00, 21 July 2021
- India and across the Indian Ocean is dominated by torrential monsoon rains. Monsoons also affect parts of Africa and South America. The savannas regions...6 KB (854 words) - 19:15, 7 May 2024
- sea in winter. Monsoon winds are incredibly strong because they occur in coastal areas with extremely high summer temperatures. Monsoons are common wherever...23 KB (3,660 words) - 20:09, 5 February 2020
- Climatology/Printable version (section The Monsoon)aspects of monsoons are as follows: Summer monsoon or SW monsoon in India and Southeast Asia. The Australian NW monsoon. The West African monsoon. The winter...13 bytes (16,778 words) - 07:34, 15 November 2021
- called monsoons. Monsoon comes from the Arabic word mawsim, which means season. A monsoon is any seasonal period of abundance of rainfall, but monsoons associated...17 KB (2,450 words) - 17:29, 21 June 2024
- provide a more strategically located base in the East Indies with favorable monsoon winds. The Dutch found what they were looking for in Jakarta, conquered...3 KB (453 words) - 13:17, 27 April 2021
- Insolation Heat Budget Temperature of the Atmosphere Air pressure Wind The Monsoon Humidity Precipitation Fog and Clouds Cyclones Further Reading – References...1 KB (76 words) - 15:17, 18 April 2024
- strengthening of the Asian monsoons. See for example Valdiya (1999) Rising Himalaya: Advent and intensification of monsoon, Current Science, 76(4); also...11 KB (1,573 words) - 11:54, 25 October 2017
- divided into subcategories. Some of these subcategories are forest (f), monsoon (m), and wet/dry (w) types, based on the amount of precipitation and season...24 KB (3,301 words) - 16:24, 27 August 2022
- are produced in tropical conditions with seasonal alternation between a monsoon season and a dry season, and so the corresponding paleosols indicate such...4 KB (406 words) - 03:02, 26 October 2017
- straddles the fertile Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta and is subject to annual monsoon floods and cyclones. The government is a secular parliamentary democracy...1 KB (196 words) - 03:12, 18 June 2017
- replenished, by rain during monsoons. Monsoon rains, are essential, to our agriculture and our economy. When our monsoon fails, our food production reduces...19 KB (2,984 words) - 17:59, 7 February 2023
- year-to-year fluctuations in farm production result in from the vagaries of the monsoon, it has not eliminated them. Non- traditional crops of India, such as summer...5 KB (750 words) - 00:24, 2 January 2021
- Figure 2: Number of Disasters by Origin: Regional Distribution, 1995–2004 Monsoon Floods in Kathmandu, Nepal Risk types vary and increase depending on a...4 KB (600 words) - 02:52, 17 June 2017
- About 78% of Hong Kong's rainfall falls in summer. Wet southeasterly monsoons and typhoons bring rainstorms from the ocean. (See E2) Landslides occur...1 KB (123 words) - 08:46, 15 July 2021
- Present Sylheti words for different seasons, like "summer," "winter," "monsoon," etc. - Describe the climate in Sylhet and its impact on daily life. -...2 KB (221 words) - 20:27, 13 September 2023
- Calves G. (2008). Correlation of Himalayan exhumation rates and Asian monsoon intensity, Nature Geoscience, 1, 875 - 880. Condie K. C. (1998). Origin...9 KB (1,266 words) - 11:53, 25 October 2017
- culture. - Present Sylheti words for seasons like "summer," "winter," "monsoon," and weather-related terms like "sunny," "rainy," "cloudy," etc. - Describe...2 KB (274 words) - 20:52, 13 September 2023