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Explain the mechanism of the south-west monsoon.
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Answer
By June intense heating of north-western India creates a deep low pressure over the subcontinent, while pressure over the Indian Ocean is high. Moist air is drawn in from the sea, is deflected to its right by the earth's rotation and arrives as the south-west monsoon. It splits round the Indian peninsula into the Arabian Sea branch and the Bay of Bengal branch.
No citable source has been recorded for this record. Treat it as practice material, not as fact.
Explanation
The northward shift of the equatorial trough and the easterly jet stream also help to establish it.
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