Explain the characteristics of monsoonal rainfall inindia
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Characteristics of monsoonal rainfall:
(i) The summer rainfall comes in a heavy downpour leading to considerable run off and soil erosion.
(ii) Monsoons play a pivotal role in the agrarian economy of India because over three-fourths of the total rain in the country is received during the southwest monsoon season.
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Question- Explain the characteristics of monsoonal rainfall in India.
Characteristics of monsoonal rainfall:
(i) Rainfall received from the southwest monsoons is seasonal in character, which occurs between June and September.
(ii) The summer rainfall comes in a heavy downpour leading to considerable run off and soil erosion.
(iii) Monsoons play a pivotal role in the agrarian economy of India because over three-fourths of the total rain in the country is received during the southwest monsoon season.
(iv)Its spatial distribution is also uneven which ranges from 12 cm to more than 250 cm. The beginning of the rains sometimes is considerably delayed over the whole or a part of the country.
(v) The rains sometimes end considerably earlier than usual, causing great damage to standing crops and making the sowing of winter crops difficult.