Question

Distinguish between South-West and North-East monsoon.

Answer 1

Hint: A seasonal shift in the direction of the wind is called monsoon. Monsoon causes heavy rainfall. The monsoon in India is the most prominent monsoon in the world. The direction of the monsoon is from land towards the Sea in the winters and from Sea towards land in the summers.

Complete answer: The difference is below :

South West Monsoon	North East Monsoon
The monsoon in summers enters our country, India from the south-west direction.	Northeast monsoon enters India from northeast direction and can also be called the winter monsoon.
In this type of monsoon, the wind blows from sea to land. These monsoon winds carry moisture from the Indian Ocean.	In this type of monsoon, the wind blows from land to sea.
The trade winds enter the peninsular part of India as the south-west monsoon.	Winters in India are dry. These monsoon winds carry moisture from the north-east.
This brings heavy rainfall between June month to September month.	Rainfall is experienced in the southern part of India, mainly in Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu during this period.
The south-west monsoon which is called the summer monsoon has potential for destruction. But it is welcomed in India by farmers because they depend on these rains for irrigation.	Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand experience precipitation in the form of rainfall of snowfall during the northeast monsoon.

Other than this a big amount of India’s electricity is generated by the water provided by the monsoon rains.

Note: The winds of monsoon blow from cold to warm climate. The reason behind this phenomenon is that cold air fills more space than warm air. The low pressure area attracts south-east trade winds. The south-east trade winds become the south-west monsoon because these trade winds cross the equator and start blowing in the south-west direction under the influence of Coriolis force.