describe the monsoon India explain the winds direction they following
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The seasonal reversal in the wind direction during a year is called monsoon.
Indian climate is a monsoon type of climate. Monsoon climate is characterised by weather conditions that change from season to season. This type is mostly experienced in interior parts of the country rather than coastal areas.
During summer season as land gets heated up, the air rises and low pressure area is created on the land and on the other hand high pressure area is created in Indian Ocean. Air moves from high pressure areas to lower pressure areas. The low pressure land system attracts south east trade winds but after crossing equator, due to Coriolis force, wind turn right towards the low-pressure areas over the Indian subcontinent. These winds start blowing in a southwesterly direction, and enter the Indian peninsula as the southwest monsoon. As it reaches India monsoons are divided into two branches.
As India is surrounded by Bay of Bengal on the east and Arabian Sea on the west, monsoons in India arrive as Bay of Bengal branch and Arabian Sea branch.
Bay of Bengal branch of south west monsoon reaches north east of India.
The Arabian Sea Branch of the Southwest Monsoon first hits the Western Ghats of the coastal state of Kerala, thus making this area first to receive rain from the Southwest Monsoon. This branch of the monsoon moves northwards towards western side.
The duration of the monsoon is between 100 to 120 days. By the end of this period, the low pressure system over north and north-west India gradually weakens, and this leads to the retreat of the monsoon winds.
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