KERALA PSC / INDIAN GEOGRAPHY / MONSOON / NOTES / OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS / STUDY MATERIALS / GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

 

KERALA PSC / INDIAN GEOGRAPHY / MONSOON / NOTES / OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS / STUDY MATERIALS / GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

KERALA PSC / INDIAN GEOGRAPHY / MONSOON / NOTES / OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS / STUDY MATERIALS / GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

·      India receives 90% of the total rainfall from monsoons. Monsoons are the seasonal winds which blow during six months of summer from ocean to land and for the six months of winter from land to sea.

·      On the basis of monsoonal variations there are four seasons in India namely the cold (winter) season (December to February), the hot (Summer) season (March to May), the south west monsoon (the rainy season) (June to September) and the season of retreating monsoon (October to November).

·      The South West Monsoon forms the main monsoon season in India (June to August)

·      The North East Monsoon (October – November) brings rain mainly to Tamil Nadu.

·      The North-East Monsoons are comparatively minor monsoons confined to a smaller area of the country. They are the winds blowing out from the landmass of north-western India towards the Indian Ocean.

·      During the summer season, the winds blow from sea to the continents so that the moist winds cause rainfall in this season.

·      During winter, the direction of the winds is reversed so that they blow from continents towards the sea.

·      The onset of monsoon in India implies the onset of the southeast monsoon (winds blowing from the Indian Ocean to the Indian subcontinent) in the beginning of the summer season so that the months from June to mid-September are rainy.

·      The south-west monsoon winds are replaced from October onwards by the north-east monsoon blowing from the continental area towards the sea to the south. Hence the winter season remains by and large dry.

KERALA PSC / INDIAN GEOGRAPHY / MONSOON / NOTES / OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS / STUDY MATERIALS / GENERAL KNOWLEDGE