Question.
What is meant by ‘bursting of monsoon’? Name the place in India which gets the highest rainfall.
(Chapter-4 Climate, Class 11 NCERT geography "India Physical Environment")
Answer.
The first rain of monsoon is called a monsoon bursting. The sudden onset of monsoon winds filled with moisture associated with violent thunder and lightning is often called a monsoon bursting.
Mawsynram is the place with the highest rainfall in India. Mawsynram has the highest average annual rainfall not only in India but in the world. The average annual rainfall of Mawsynram is about 1239 cm. It is a village situated in the Khasi Hill of Meghalaya.
When the jet stream moves from the southern part of the Himalayas to the north of the Himalayas, the monsoon winds reach the northern plains and cause the monsoon burst.
In general, the following are some of the dates of the monsoon burst in India;
1 June; Kerala, Tripura and Mizoram
5 June; Karnataka and North Eastern States.
June 10; Mumbai
15 June; Gujarat and Northern Plains
15 July; North West India - Haryana and Punjab.
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