What is a monsoon?
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What is a monsoon?
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There are many types of extreme weather, from tidal waves caused by underwater plate tectonics to hurricanes and the destructive winds that cause them. Many of these storms are caused by a weather cycle; a cycle that brings warmer water can cause more storms. A shift in the winds can cause those storms to hit a region not typically exposed to such storms.
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View this answerA monsoon is a shift in the seasonal winds that bring about heavy rainfalls to a region during the summer months. When monsoons happen in the winter,...
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Chapter 9 / Lesson 8Monsoon winds and rain affect millions of people, but what causes monsoons and where do monsoons occur? Explore the monsoonal cycles and their patterns.