What do you mean by monsoon?

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Answer 1

The word 'Monsoon' owes its origin to an Arabic word 'Mausim' meaning season. The winds which reverse their directions completely between the summer and the winter are known as Monsoon winds.

Answer 2

The word 'Monsoon' owes its origin to an Arabic word 'Mausim' meaning season. The winds which reverse their directions completely between the summer and the winter are known as Monsoon winds.

List I (Low-latitude Climate)	List II (Characteristic)
A. Wet Equatorial	1. Uniform temperatures, mean near $2 7^{o} C$
B. Monsoon and trade	2. Marked temperature cycle with very high temperature before the rainy season
C. Wet-dry tropical	Temperatures show an annual cycle with high temperature in the high-Sun season Strong temperature cycle. with intense temperature during high-Sun season
D. Dry tropical	Strong temperature cycle, with intense temperature during high-Sun season

What do you mean by monsoon?

The word 'Monsoon' owes its origin to an Arabic word 'Mausim' meaning season. The winds which reverse their directions completely between the summer and the winter are known as Monsoon winds.

The area around the equator is of intense low pressure where the prevailing winds are calm, particularly in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Indeed, the term has a nautical history. What is it called colloquially?

Which of the following statements are correct?
I. Rann of Kachchh is formed by the recession of the sea
II. Kuchaman, Sambhar and Didwana are salt water lakes
III. Theland to the east of Aravallis is known as Bagar
IV. The fertile flood plains formed by small streams in Rajasthan are known as Rohi

Which one of the following is suitable for Koppen's 'A' type of climate?

What do you mean by monsoon?

The word 'Monsoon' owes its origin to an Arabic word 'Mausim' meaning season. The winds which reverse their directions completely between the summer and the winter are known as Monsoon winds.

The area around the equator is of intense low pressure where the prevailing winds are calm, particularly in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Indeed, the term has a nautical history. What is it called colloquially?

Which of the following statements are correct? I. Rann of Kachchh is formed by the recession of the sea II. Kuchaman, Sambhar and Didwana are salt water lakes III. Theland to the east of Aravallis is known as Bagar IV. The fertile flood plains formed by small streams in Rajasthan are known as Rohi

Which one of the following is suitable for Koppen's 'A' type of climate?

Which of the following statements are correct?
I. Rann of Kachchh is formed by the recession of the sea
II. Kuchaman, Sambhar and Didwana are salt water lakes
III. Theland to the east of Aravallis is known as Bagar
IV. The fertile flood plains formed by small streams in Rajasthan are known as Rohi