Question

Distinguish between South- west monsoon and north- east monsoon.

Answer 1

Hint: Monsoon is seasonal wind; seasonal winds blow from particular areas towards a particular region in particular direction. The term of monsoon technically defines seasonal reversals of wind direction caused by temperature difference between the land and sea breeze, producing zones of high and low pressure over land in different seasons.

Complete answer:
India’s climate is dominated by monsoon. India is located in the trade wind belt. So, it is a dry continental wind belt. The phenomenon of Indian monsoon would have been semi desert. Indian monsoon has two monsoons, they are southwest monsoon and northeast monsoon.

Factors affecting monsoon:
-Latitude
-Altitude
-Pressure and winds

Difference between south west monsoon and north east monsoon:

South- west monsoon	North- east monsoon
These monsoon winds blow north from the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal.	These monsoon winds blow from the north-east to the sea-side.
These monsoon winds are blowing from June to September.	These winds are blowing from October to November.
These winds cause rainfall across the country.	They cause rainfall only on the coast of Coromandel, including Tamil Nadu, when they hit the wetlands of the Eastern Ghats.
These blows from oceanic high-pressure areas to low-pressure areas of land.	As a result, these winds blow from land to sea.
These winds are blowing during the advancing monsoon season.

Note: First monsoon forecast in India was made on 4 June 1886. A wind belt is the influence of rotation of earth on winds. Wind belts move northeast, northwest, southwest and southwest. The term monsoon derived from Arabic word ‘mausim’, which means season. North east monsoon occurs over Tamilnadu, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh. South west monsoon occurs in Kerala.