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Monsoon: Make or break

  • 14/08/1993

Monsoon: Make or break When the axis of the monsoon trough falls between Jodhpur and Kharagpur, well-distributed rain falls over central India and the Indo-Gangetic plain. Sometimes, the trough shifts north, towards the Himalaya. In this situation, known as the break monsoonk, rain fall in the Himalaya foothills, and drought conditions prevail in the plains.

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