Question

Define monsoons. What do you understand by “break” in monsoon?

Answer 1

Answer:

The seasonal reversal in wind direction during a year is called monsoon. Monsoon tends to have 'breaks' in rainfall; which means that there are wet and dry spells in between. The monsoon rains take place only for a few days at a time and then come the rainless intervals.

Answer 2

✩~Aɴsᴡᴇʀ~✩

The word 'monsoon' is derived from an Arabic word 'Mausim' which literally means 'season'. Monsoon refers to the seasonal reversal in the wind direction during a year. The term 'break' is a phenomena of monsoon to have a tendency to breaks in rainfall. Thus, it has wet and dry spells. The monsoon rain takes place only for a few days at a time. They are interspersed with rainless intervals.