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Noun Concept
Categories: Winds, Weather hazards, Flood, Wind, Climate patterns
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monsoon  African monsoon  Asian monsoon  Mausin  monsoon rains
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A seasonal wind in southern Asia; blows from the southwest (bringing rain) in summer and from the northeast in winter WordNet 3.0
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A seasonal wind in southern Asia; blows from the southwest (bringing rain) in summer and from the northeast in winter WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
A monsoon is traditionally a seasonal reversing wind accompanied by corresponding changes in precipitation but is now used to describe seasonal changes in atmospheric circulation and precipitation associated with annual latitudinal oscillation of the Intertropical Convergence Zone between its limits to the north and south of the equator. Wikipedia
Seasonal prevailing wind which lasts for several months. Wikipedia Disambiguation
A seasonal prevailing wind which lasts for several months. OmegaWiki