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The long-term average has been 899 millimeters of precipitation. [1] However, the monsoon varies over the Indian subcontinent within a ±20% range. Rains that exceed 10% typically lead to major floods, while a 10% shortfall is a significant drought. [2] The Monsoon of South Asia is among several geographically distributed global monsoons.
1978 Northern India monsoon rain India: 1978 3,656 [citation needed] 1998 Yangtze river flood China: 1998 3,500 [citation needed] 1948 Fuzhou flood China: 1948 3,189+ 2010 China floods, landslides China, North Korea: 2010 3,083 [7] 1993 South Asian Monsoon Flood: Nepal, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan: 1993 3,076 [citation needed] 2004 Eastern ...
A monsoon (/ m ɒ n ˈ s uː n /) is traditionally a seasonal reversing wind accompanied by corresponding changes in precipitation [1] but is now used to describe seasonal changes in atmospheric circulation and precipitation associated with annual latitudinal oscillation of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) between its limits to the north and south of the equator.
This is a list of countries by average annual precipitation. List. Per the World Bank (2017) [1] [2] Country mm/ year) Continent 1 ... Asia 144 South Africa: 495:
From January to October 2022, excessive rainfall and widespread monsoon flooding occurred in the South Asian countries of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. It has become the region's deadliest floods since 2020, with over 4,700 people dead.
The climate of Asia is dry across its southwestern region. Some of the largest daily temperature ranges on Earth occur in the western part of Asia. The monsoon circulation dominates across the southern and eastern regions, due to the Himalayas forcing the formation of a thermal low which draws in moisture during the summer. The southwestern ...
Monsoons hit South Asia every year between June and September, but the 2017 monsoon season was far worse than average, [5] bringing flooding and associated landslides of unusual severity. Experts called the floods the worst in South Asia in decades and a threat to long-term food supplies due to ruined farmland. [6]
Climate of Asia by country (22 C, 2 P) C. Climate change in Asia (12 C, 31 P) ... Monsoon; Monsoon continental climate; O. Okhotsk High; P. Operation Popeye; S. Saba ...