Tropical Monsoon Climates

Question 1

What is a tropical monsoon climate?

Answer 1

A climate which averages over 18 degrees every month and has a period of heavy rainfall involving the seasonal reversal of winds

Question 2

Give an example of two contries which have a tropical monsoon climate.

Answer 2

Bangladesh and India.

Question 3

What is the direction of tropical winter winds?

Answer 3

North and northeast winds blowing out from central asia.

Question 4

What are some characteristics of tropical winter winds?

Answer 4

Very dry, they cause a winter drought.

Question 5

What is the direction of the tropical summer winds?

Answer 5

Reverse of winter, blowing from the southwest.

Question 6

What are some characteristics of tropical summer winds?

Answer 6

They are hot and wet.

Question 7

What causes intense rainfall in the tropical monsoon climates?

Answer 7

Hot and wet winds brought up by the equatorial area of the Indian Ocean.

Question 8

What global transport system increases the uplift of hot and wet winds in Asia?

Answer 8

Convection currents caused by the hot land surface.

Question 9

What is Mumbai’s annual rainfall?

Answer 9

1,811mm

Question 10

What is Mumbai’s annual temperature range?

Answer 10

30 degrees in summer to 19 in winter.

Question 11

How much rainfall does Mumbai get in the four months of June-September?

Answer 11

120mm

Question 12

Where are rice seedlings grown before the monsoon season?

Answer 12

Nurseries.

Question 13

Where are rice seedlings transported to once the monsoon season begins?

Answer 13

Flooded fields.

Question 14

How deep are the flooded feilds?

Answer 14

10-12cm deep water.

Question 15

Where is rice most suited to grow?

Answer 15

Lowland flood plains with deep fertile alluvial soils.

Question 16

Where is rice commercially grown?

Answer 16

In terraces cut out of the slopes of hilly areas.

Question 17

What is the labour force for rice like in India?

Answer 17

Mainly labour intensive, done by a large, cheap workforce using simple tools and oxen.

Question 18

How are flooded fields modified to retain water?

Answer 18

They are flat with low mud walls.

Question 19

How does the monsoon climate affect the Indian economy?

Answer 19

They gain from the large number of people working rural areas of India.

Question 20

What does a weak monsoon rains result in?

Answer 20

Crop failure.

Question 21

How does a weak monsoon rain period affect the economy?

Answer 21

Crop failure causes lower production/ lower supply which can result in higher prices, low industrial output and other issues.

Question 22

What has the Indian government been pushing to be done?

Answer 22

Increase the amount of land that is irrigated.

Question 23

How much of cultivated land is irrigated in India?

Answer 23

Less than half.