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What is a monsoon?
Monsoons are seasonal winds that bring moist air from oceans andseas over land. The winds are in the reverse direction of flow fromthe non-monsoon season, and can generate cop…ious precipitation aswell as changes in the surface currents in the sea. While farming depends upon monsoons for rainfall, disastrousflooding can often occur during monsoons. A monsoon that blows from the southwest between May and Septemberbrings rain and is referred as a wet monsoon. A monsoon that blowsbetween October and April and brings no rain is referred to as adry monsoon. A monsoon is traditionally defined as a seasonal reversing windaccompanied by corresponding changes in precipitation, but is nowused to describe seasonal changes in atmospheric circulation andprecipitation associated with the asymmetric heating of land andsea. Typically, it is a wind particular to southern Asia that causes therainy season. At times the rain involved is continuous for longperiods of time and can be very heavy. Monsoons can bring strong winds, including a lot of rain at times,which can last for months. The Indian subcontinent gets about 80percent of its annual rainfall from monsoons. ( Full Answer )