monsoon season
Annual Asian rains
Monsoon season is the time of year when a region experiences its monsoon—the seasonal shift in wind patterns that brings heavy, sustained rainfall.
In South and Southeast Asia, monsoon season typically runs from June through September: Schools close during monsoon season, The roads flood every monsoon season.
The term applies to similar rainy periods in other tropical and subtropical regions.
- floodingOverwhelming water accumulation
- water levelHeight of liquid surface
- rainsFalls as water droplets
- leaky roofsDamaged building tops allowing rain
- rainfallWater falling from clouds
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- seasonsautumn, summer, winter, spring, fall
- Indian OceanArabian Sea, Bay of Bengal, Persian Gulf, Red Sea, Andaman Sea
- Southeast AsiaVietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Indonesia
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- rainfallrain, heavy rain, rainfall, light rain, precipitation
- seasonalspring cleaning, spring break, spring flowers, summer travel, summer sales
monsoon seasondrought
Prolonged water scarcity
dry season · drought conditions · water scarcity · desiccation · dry spell
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