Question

Differentiate between the seasons of Advancing and Retreating Monsoon.

Answer 1

$\begin{array}{cc}\text{Season of Advancing Monsoon}& \text{Season of Retreating Monsoon}\\ \text{1. The season from June to Septermber is the}& \text{1. The period from 2nd week of September to}\\ \text{advancing monsoon. It is also named as}& \text{November-end is the period of retreating}\\ \text{SW monsoon.}& \text{monsoon.}\\ \text{2. The monsoon winds blow from sea to land.}& \text{2. These monsoon winds begin to withdraw from}\\ \text{Hence they are moisture laden and cause}& \text{land. Hence they leave the land dry. They do}\\ \text{wide spread rainfall all over India.}& \text{not cause any rains over most parts of the}\\ & \text{country except the Andhra Pradesh and Tamil}\\ & \text{Nadu coasts.}\\ \text{3. 85\% to 90\% of the annual rainfall occurs}& \text{3. Less than 5\% of annual rainfall occurs during}\\ \text{during the period of these monsoon winds.}& \text{this period.}\\ \text{4. The two branches of this monsoon are the}& \text{4. Retreating monsoon winds after passing over}\\ \text{Arabian Sea branch and the Bay of Bengal}& \text{the Bay of Bengal cause rains on the Odisha,}\\ \text{branch. They cause rainfall all over India.}& \text{Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu coasts.}\end{array}$