summer monsoon

collocation in English

meaningsofsummerandmonsoon

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summer
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈsʌm.ər/us
/ˈsʌm.ɚ/
the season of the year between spring and autumn when the weather is warmest, lasting from June to September north of the equator and from December to March south of ...
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monsoon
noun[C]
uk
/mɒnˈsuːn/us
/mɑːnˈsuːn/
the season of heavy rain during the summer in hot ...
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(Definition ofsummerandmonsoonfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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During thesummermonsoonseason, the lower elevation forests are inhospitable for takin due to the abundance of leeches, mosquitoes, and horseflies.
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During thesummermonsoon, wind patterns undergo large scale changes.
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The mountains block out thesummermonsoon, and summer rainfall is thus quite low.
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It is characterised by a warm, rainysummermonsoonand a cold, dry winter monsoon.
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They continued to use the monsoon route - north with thesummermonsoonand south with the winter monsoon.
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Summermonsoonseason can bring localized rains to the higher subalpine parts of the range.
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Flowering season occurs in the months preceding thesummermonsoon.
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Its alluvial plain is intensively planted in rice during thesummermonsoon.
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The annual rainfall is 40.91 inches (1,039 mm), most of which falls in thesummermonsoonseason.
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Thesummermonsoonmay be preceded by a buildup of thunderstorm activity that provides water for rice seedbeds.
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It is also adapted to generally warmer, wetter climates at lower altitudes, with an intensesummermonsoon.
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Thesummermonsoonaccounts for more than 85 per cent of the precipitation.
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The higher yielding method involves starting the seeds in special beds and transplanting during thesummermonsoon.
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There is often dense fog and rain especially during the latesummermonsoon.
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The average annual rainfall is, most of which falls in thesummermonsoonseason.
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During spring runoff and thesummermonsoon, however, the river can become a raging, muddy torrent ten to one hundred times bigger.
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