Sentences with phrase «seasonal monsoon winds»
Less famous than the Silk Road — its land - based parallel — the maritime web of commerce and cultural exchange operated on seasonal monsoon winds.
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monsoon wind in the genereal atmospheric circulation typified by a seasonal persistent wind direction and by a pronounced change in direction from one season to the next
Towns where the sea level is creeping further inland may flood easier during the summer monsoons (seasonal reversals in the wind) that bring torrential rains from the southwest.
The warm, rising air enhances the seasonal northward flow of humid monsoon winds, forcing moisture and hot air up the slopes of the Himalayas.
«It is found that the climate of southwest Australia bears a strong seasonality in the annual cycle and exhibits a monsoon - like atmospheric circulation, which is called the southwest Australian circulation (SWAC) because of its several distinct features characterizing a monsoonal circulation: the seasonal reversal of winds, alternate wet and dry seasons, and an evident land — sea thermal contrast.
SEASONAL WINDS Monsoon - a major landbreeze or seabreeze that changes direction with the seasons.
Some areas have monsoons, seasonal winds that bring either dry or moist air.