Question

differentiate between withdrawl of monsoon and one set of monsoon

Answer 1

Answer:

1. The Monsoon are not steady winds. They are pulsating in nature .

2. The duration of the monsoon is between 100- 120 days from early June to mid -September .

3. During the on-set of monsoons there is an increase in rainfall . This increase in rainfall is known as the

‘ burst ’ of the monsoon .

4 . The monsoon arrives at the southern tip of the Indian peninsula usually by the first week of June .

Then the monsoon get divided into two :-

( i) the Arabian Sea branch

( ii) the Bay of Bengal branch

5 . The Arabian Sea branch reaches Mumbai approximately ten days after the on-set.

6 . By mid -June the Arabian Sea branch of the monsoon arrives over Saurashtra -Kuchchh and the central part of the country

7 . The Bay of Bengal branch advances rapidly and arrives in Assam in the first week of June.

8 . The lofty mountains causes the monsoon winds to deflect towards the west over the Ganga plains.

9 . The Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal branches of the monsoon merge over the north western part of the Ganga plains.

10 . Delhi generally receives the monsoon showers from the Bay of Bengal branch by the end of June.

11 . By the first week of July , western Uttar Pradesh, Punjab , Haryana and eastern Rajasthan experience the monsoon .

12 . By mid - July, the monsoon reaches Himachal Pradesh and the rest of the country .

Monsoon clouds over Lucknow.