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**Monsoons Sasha M.

Monsoons are strong, often violent winds that change direction with the season due to atmospheric circulation and precipitation. The major monsoon systems consist of West African and Asia Australian monsoons. These winds blow from cold to warm regions because cold air takes up more space than warm air. Monsoons blow from land to sea during the winter and sea to land during the summer.

Monsoons are created by the Earth tilts in relation to the sun. They are reoccurring phenomenon and are very difficult to predict the exact timing, duration and amount of rain each season.

India's climate is dominated by these monsoons. In India, there winters are hot and dry, so the monsoon winds blow from the northeast and carry little moisture. In the summer, monsoons have a dominant westerly component and a strong tendency to ascend and produce copious amounts of rain from June to September.**



Dowling, Mike, "Monsoons at mrdowling.com," available from http://www.mrdowling.com/612-monsoon.html; Internet; updated Monday, July 11, 2005. ©2009, Mike Dowling. All rights reserved.