Note that this is a matching question and a word bank is provided for this question. the categories are “summer monsoon” and “winter monsoon”.

identify the characteristics of the summer monsoon and the winter monsoon in south asia.

answer bank:

• tropical cyclones in the bay of bengal

• very little rainfall in most of the region

• caused by the heating of eurasia

• caused by the cooling of eurasia

• rainfall in the ghats mountains

• some rain in southeastern india and sri lanka

• intense rainfall in the east