winter monsoon

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• Monsoon — This article is about the seasonal winds. For other uses, see Monsoon (disambiguation). Part of the Nature series on …   Wikipedia

• Monsoon of Indian subcontinent — Indian subcontinent with flags of individual countries A Monsoon of the Indian subcontinent is among the several geographically distributed observations of the global monsoons. In the subcontinent, it is one of oldest weather observations, an… …   Wikipedia

• monsoon —   a seasonal prevailing wind. Two types:   summer monsoon: intense heating of a continental mass in summer months due to the arrival of the heat equator causes convectional uplift over the continent and hence low pressure. This draws warm moist… …   Geography glossary

• monsoon — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ summer, winter MONSOON + VERB ▪ set in ▪ The monsoon sets in during April. MONSOON + NOUN ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• monsoon — monsoonal, adj. /mon soohn /, n. 1. the seasonal wind of the Indian Ocean and southern Asia, blowing from the southwest in summer and from the northeast in winter. 2. (in India and nearby lands) the season during which the southwest monsoon blows …   Universalium

• Monsoon trough — August position of the ITCZ and monsoon trough in the Pacific Ocean, depicted by area of convergent streamlines in the northern Pacific The monsoon trough is that portion of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) which extends into or through… …   Wikipedia

• Winter — For other uses, see Winter (disambiguation). Part of the Nature series on Weather   Calendar seasons Spring  …   Wikipedia

• Monsoon — Monsun in Kambodscha im Juli Der Monsun ist eine großräumige Luftzirkulation der unteren Troposphäre im Gebiet der Tropen und Subtropen im Einflussbereich der Passate. Das Hauptmerkmal eines Monsuns sind dessen sehr richtungsstabile Monsunwinde… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• monsoon — n. 1 a wind in S. Asia, esp. in the Indian Ocean, blowing from the south west in summer (wet monsoon) and the north east in winter (dry monsoon). 2 a rainy season accompanying a wet monsoon. 3 any other wind with periodic alternations.… …   Useful english dictionary

• Monsoon Bowl (1979) — NCAAFootballSingleGameHeader Name=Monsoon Bowl Date=November 25 1950 Visitor School=University of Michigan Visitor Name Short=Michigan Visitor Nickname=Wolverines Visitor Record= 4 3 1 Visitor Visitor Coaches = Visitor Coach=Bennie Oosterbaan… …   Wikipedia

• monsoon — mon•soon [[t]mɒnˈsun[/t]] n. 1) mer the seasonal wind of the Indian Ocean and S Asia, blowing from the SW in summer and from the NE in winter 2) mer (in India and nearby lands) the season during which the SW monsoon blows, commonly marked by… …   From formal English to slang