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प्रश्न
What do you understand by retreating monsoons?
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उत्तर
By the end of September, the Indian subcontinent starts to. cool and monsoon winds become dry. Since the air above the land is cold and heavy, a high-pressure region is created over land. The air above the surrounding water bodies are relatively warmer and have low-pressure region. Now, the dry monsoon winds reverse their direction and start blowing from the land to the sea. These winds are called retreating monsoons.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Fill in the blank:
Depression that causes winter rainfall in north-west India : ___________
Answer the following question in brief
What type of climate does the Indian subcontinent have?
Answer the following question in brief
Why does India have a tropical monsoon climate?
Which winds bring rainfall to the Western Ghats?
Why is the Deccan Plateau relatively dry during the rainy season?
On an outline map of India, do as directed :
Shade in yellow the rain shadow regions of the Western Ghats.
Name two areas in India which receive winter rainfall.
On what factors does rainfall at a place depend on?
Fill in the blank:
The winter rainfall is very important for the cultivation of _________ crops such as wheat.
Fill in the blank:
The __________ branch of south-west monsoon winds causes heavy rainfall to Western Ghats.
