seasonal monsoons
Annual tropical rains
Seasonal monsoons are the predictable wind patterns that reverse direction with the seasons, bringing dramatic shifts between wet and dry periods.
The term usually refers to the heavy rains these winds carry, especially in South and Southeast Asia: The seasonal monsoons flooded the rice paddies.
Agriculture, water supply, and daily life in monsoon regions revolve around these annual cycles.
- floodingOverwhelming water accumulation
- flood watersOverflow from inundation
- Indian subcontinentPeninsula below the Himalayas
- rice farmingCultivating aquatic grain crops
- rice paddiesFlooded fields for grain
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