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The Wet Monsoon on the Indian Subcontinent

The Wet Monsoon on the Indian Subcontinent. Monsoon.

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The Wet Monsoon on the Indian Subcontinent

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  1. The Wet Monsoon on the Indian Subcontinent

  2. Monsoon • Monsoon is traditionally defined as a seasonal reversing wind accompanied by seasonal changes in precipitation, but is now used to describe seasonal changes in atmospheric circulation and precipitation associated with the asymmetric heating of land and sea. Usually, the term monsoon is used to refer to the rainy phase of a seasonally-changing pattern, although technically there is also a dry phase. The major monsoon systems of the world consist of the West African and Asia-Australian monsoons. The term was first used in English in British India (now India, Bangladesh and Pakistan) and neighboring countries to refer to the big seasonal winds blowing from the Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea in the southwest bringing heavy rainfall to the area

  3. The Monsoon is a Life and Death Issue • A successful crop year depends on when the wet monsoon season starts, how much rain falls, and when the season ends. Only nature can control these factors. • The monsoon also causes damages: roads and bridges washed out, mudslides, railroad tracks misaligned or washed out, flooding, water supply contamination, increase in disease vectors (insects). • Ironically, many die each year from monsoon related conditions while all life in the area is ultimately dependant on the wet monsoon for life.

  4. A photo of dark stormy clouds over the city of Lucknow,India.

  5. Onset dates and prevailing wind currents of the southwest summer monsoons in India.

  6. Children swim in a water-logged street in Kolkata, India

  7. Indian farmers plant paddy seedlings in a field on the outskirts of Hyderabad. India, the second-biggest producer of rice, wheat and sugar, may have “bumper” harvests because of good rainfall, Farm Minister SharadPawar said

  8. Children play on a flooded street in Kolkata

  9. Children enjoy the monsoon rain in Mayong, a village about 45 km from Guwahati, northeast India

  10. Indian police and civilians take shelter at a bus terminal in Srinagar, Kashmir

  11. Commuters ride through a waterlogged street in the rain in Jammu, India

  12. People run in the rain in Jammu, India

  13. Monsoon clouds hover over workers at a Metro rail construction site in New Delhi

  14. A commuter wears a plastic bag over his head as he rides his scooter through a waterlogged street following a downpour in Amritsar

  15. A woman pushes a wheelchair carrying her disabled daughter as they cross a flooded street in Lahore, Pakistan

  16. People wade through flood waters in Lahore

  17. Commuters walk along a flooded road in Lahore

  18. A man pushes a bicycle along a flooded street after heavy monsoon rains in Lahore

  19. A man pushes his handcart through a flooded street in Lahore

  20. A vendor pushes his cart with children through a flooded street after heavy monsoon rainfall in Lahore

  21. Commuters travel during rain in Karachi, Pakistan

  22. Heavy vehicles line up in a traffic jam on Prithvi Highway near Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, after a landslide caused by monsoon rains

  23. Monsoon damages

  24. Mudslide in Bhutan

  25. Road damage

  26. Washed-out Road

  27. Flood damage

  28. Accelerated erosion

  29. Railroad track damage

  30. Rajanpur district

  31. Damaged bridge in Sikkim

  32. Members of the Pakistan army distribute relief goods in the flooded areas of the Rajanpur district August 9, 2008. Monsoon rains and flash floods cause extensive damage in the region every year.

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