Monsoons cause wet and dry seasons throughout much of the tropics. The indian monsoon current takes its name from the wind—the monsoon—that drives it Mapmaker is a digital mapping tool, created by the national geographic society and esri, designed for teachers, students, and national geographic explorers.
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Seasonal change in the direction of the prevailing winds of a region
Monsoon usually refers to the winds of the indian ocean and south asia, which often bring heavy rains.
Engage with national geographic explorers and transform learning experiences through live events, free maps, videos, interactives, and other resources. In cambodia, monsoon rains cause an annual flood pulse on the mekong river that prompts migrations for some animals The floodwaters cause the tonle sap river, which connects the mekong river to tonle sap lake, to reverse its flow, filling the lake. An uppercase letter describes the heat of the air mass
E for equatorial, t for tropical, m for monsoon, p for polar, a for arctic or antarctic, and s for superior—a unique situation with dry air formed by a powerful downward motion of the atmosphere. The summer monsoon is associated with torrential rainfall and warm surface waters The winter monsoon brings cooler, drier air from the himalayas, far to sri lanka’s north. There are no waste management or sanitation facilities in the area, so garbage and sewage are emptied into big pits just outside of local villages, where they wash into waterways during the monsoon season.
During the monsoon rains, foot trails between villages plunge again and again into gorges that hiss with waterfalls and fierce, impassable rivers
Navigating these natural obstacles—in a climate where 40 feet of rainwater plummets from the sky every year—requires clever toes, iron lungs, and the power of prolonged observation.
