Monsoon climate

Monsoon is an important form of activity of the atmosphere. The direction of wind changes almost in opposite directions between winter and summer. In the world where there are monsoon winds, the most obvious is the East and South China, Japan, Korea, the Central South Peninsula and the Indian Peninsula.

Hot and humid air, easy to form clouds and rain in monsoon climate (Photo: museum) Characteristics of the monsoon must first be the direction of the wind changes: Winter wind from the mainland blows to the sea, cold weather , dry. Summer winds from the sea blow into the mainland, the weather is hot and humid. The wind is almost opposite, which is the most prominent feature.

In the summer, the wind blows from the sea, the air is hot and humid, it is easy to form clouds and rain, the closer to the sea, the more rain is in the land and very little rain. Moreover, the time of rain also starts from the coastal area before entering to the inside and the end of the rainy season also starts to reverse.This is the second characteristic .

Because high mountains can prevent the movement of one component of this block, it is likely to rain a lot, especially in the mountains and mountains. This means that rains in the mountains are more than in the plains, and on the slope there is more rain than the other side.This is the third characteristic.

The fourth feature is that rain is concentrated in the summer, accounting for more than half of the annual rainfall, because this season the wind from the sea blows in. Winter is less rainy because the wind from the mainland blows out.

Countries with monsoon such as China, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Korea, Japan, in the summer, both hot and rainy, are good conditions for rice to grow, so are the countries growing rice the best.

However, the monsoon reversal between winter and summer is not the right time, the right place and the same intensity, every other year, so there are also years of severe drought.