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Why Are the Summer Monsoons Known as South-west Monsoons in the Indian Subcontinent? - Geography

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Why are the summer monsoons known as South-West Monsoons in the Indian subcontinent?

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Due to the low pressure created in the Northern Indian subcontinent and high-pressure center located in the Indian ocean, the Monsoons start to blow from the ocean to the Indian landmass taking a direction from southwest to northeast in summer seasons.

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