differentiate between withdrawl of monsoon and one set of monsoon
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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.
