monsoons
Asia's rainy seasons
Monsoons are seasonal wind patterns that bring heavy rainfall to tropical regions, especially South and Southeast Asia.
The word often refers to the rainy season itself or the torrential rains it produces: The monsoons arrived early this year, We got caught in the monsoon.
Monsoon rains are essential for agriculture but can cause devastating floods.
Of hot, humid regions
- humidityMoisture in atmosphere
- moistureSmall amounts of liquid
- atmosphericOf the air above
- low-pressureLacking intensity or force
convection · trade-winds · ITCZ · ocean · currents · cyclone · depression · weather
Intense precipitation event
- delugeSevere overflow of water
- torrentialFlowing in violent streams
- precipitationAtmospheric water deposit
- cloudburstSudden heavy localized rainfall
showers · rainstorm · drizzle · raindrops · rainfall · torrent · squall · pitter-patter
Overwhelming surge of water
- overflowExceed capacity and spill
- submergePlunge beneath liquid
- swollenAbnormally enlarged
- flashfloodSudden, violent water overflow
surge · erosion · landslide · displacement · evacuation · rescue · relief · sandbags
Flooded rice-growing field
- sowingPlanting for cultivation
- plantingPlacing seeds in earth
- harvestGathering mature crops
- irrigationArtificial water supply for agriculture
cultivation · rice · crop · yield · farmers · ploughing · tillage · terracing
tropical
Of hot, humid regions
- humidityMoisture in atmosphere
- moistureSmall amounts of liquid
- atmosphericOf the air above
low-pressure · convection · trade-winds · ITCZ · ocean · currents · cyclone · depression · weather · patterns
downpour
Intense precipitation event
- delugeSevere overflow of water
- torrentialFlowing in violent streams
- precipitationAtmospheric water deposit
cloudburst · showers · rainstorm · drizzle · raindrops · rainfall · torrent · squall · pitter-patter · droplets
inundation
Overwhelming surge of water
flashflood · surge · erosion · landslide · displacement · evacuation · rescue · relief · sandbags · damages
paddy
Flooded rice-growing field
irrigation · cultivation · rice · crop · yield · farmers · ploughing · tillage · terracing · farmland
chai
Spiced milk tea
poetry · Bollywood · songs · festivals · celebrations · relief · joy · dancing · longing · melancholy
arrival
Act of reaching destination
- retreatSanctuary or withdrawal
- onsetStarting point of something
- southwestCardinal point between two others
northeast · withdrawal · forecast · prediction · awaited · delayed · early · normal · deficit · surplus
- tropical islandsatolls, coral islands, volcanic islands, lagoons, reefs
- wind effectstornadoes, hurricanes, sand storms, dust storms, blizzards
- Asian farmingrice paddies, rice farming, rice fields, paddy fields, rice cultivation
- environmental dataair quality index, climate data, carbon dioxide level, ozone level, weather data
- wind systemstrade winds, westerlies, jet stream, easterlies, wind patterns
- AsiaChina, India, Japan, Thailand, Korea
monsoonsdrizzle
Very light precipitation
light rain · sprinkle · mist · scattered showers · passing shower
- monsoon seasonsAnnual wind-driven wet spells
- monsoon rainsSeasonal tropical heavy precipitation
- monsoon windsSeasonal reversing air currents
- monsoon floodsWater overflow from heavy seasonal rains
- monsoon floodingWater overflow from heavy seasonal rains
- seasonal monsoonsRecurring tropical rain systems