| THE MONSOON | |
| Monsoons are nothing more than a shifting seasonal wind pattern that brings months of constant rain followed by months of clear, dry weather. The best known monsoon blows across the Indian Ocean. Monsoon winds begin to blow inland with the beginning of summer, when the land heats up more rapidly than the oceans. As heated air above the land expands and rises, a low pressure area forms and warm, moist ocean air moves in to take its place. Rising over highlands the ocean winds then drop their moisture as heavy summer rain.
In autumn, the situation is reversed as the land cools down more rapidly than the sea. Low pressure areas develop over the ocean for months, and cool, dry winds blow steadily from land out to sea. |  This is a picture of the aftermath of the monsoon rains in India. |
