Geography Alive Chapter 27 Monsoon Asia

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Rain Shadow

A dry area on the downwind side of a mountain

Monsoon

A strong seasonal wind

atmosphere

A thin layer of gases surrounding Earth

Winter monsoons

Air over the land cools down and creates a high pressure area, the cool, moist air stays over the ocean and little rain falls over the land

Summer monsoons

Air over the land warms up and creates a low pressure area, the cool, moist air blows in causing a lot of rain to fall over land

tropical wet

a climate that has hot temperatures and rainy conditions all year

tropical wet and dry

a climate that is hot all year, with 2 main seasons - rainy and dry

arid

a climate that is hot and dry all year with very little rain

semiarid

a climate with hot, dry summers and warm, dry winters

Jodhpur, India

a dry city in India near the border of Pakistan, farming is difficult so people will eat wild grass & raise livestock

climagraph

a graph that shows monthly average temperature and precipitation, at a certain location, it is used for a quick-view of the climate of a location.

drought

a long period without rain

cyclone

a storm with heavy rains and high winds that blow in a circular pattern around an area of low atmospheric pressure (another name for a hurricane)

Kolkata, India

a wet city near Bangladesh, city flooding is common, city sewers can backup & pollute water, and spread disease

Dhaka, Bangladesh

know as the wettest capital city in the world, people build homes on stilts to avoid floods, farmers grow rice to adapt to the rain

Pune, India

lays in the rain shadow of the Western Ghats Mountains, 29 inches of rainfall a year or less, cloud seeding helps bring rain, farmers plant drought-resistant crops, like sugar beets

Atmospheric pressure

measures the weight of air pushing down on Earth

precipitation

moisture that falls from the sky, like rain, snow, sleet, hail, or ice

cloud seeding

putting chemicals in the air to try and make it rain

climate

the pattern of weather over a long time, measured in average temperatures and precipitation

Orographic Effect

when moist air rises up the side of a mountain and turns to rain or snow


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