ICSE Class 10 Geography Question 3 of 50

Climate — Question 4

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Question 1(d)

(i) What is 'Monsoon'?

(ii) Name the place in India which receives the heaviest rainfall.

Answer

(i) Monsoon are periodic or seasonal reversing winds. They are divided into two wind systems — the Summer Monsoon that blow south-west and the Winter Monsoon that blow north-east.

(ii) Cherrapunji and Mawsynram in Meghalaya receive the heaviest rainfall.