https://padlet.com/ashleyweissbach/26bpu5o27jsa Although a rainy day is rather relaxing and enjoyable, many tourists tend to avoid South-East Asia in the monsoon month, as many expect it to rain everyday, all day. en-us 2017-04-06 17:56:35 UTC 2024-04-06 02:26:59 UTC hello@padlet.com ashleyweissbach https://padlet.com/ashleyweissbach/26bpu5o27jsa/wish/165226504 "A monsoon is a seasonal change in the direction of the prevailing, or strongest, winds of a region. Monsoons cause wet and dry seasons throughout much of the tropics. Monsoons are most often associated with the Indian Ocean." (National Geographic)]]> 2017-04-06 18:01:03 UTC https://padlet.com/ashleyweissbach/26bpu5o27jsa/wish/165226504 ashleyweissbach https://padlet.com/ashleyweissbach/26bpu5o27jsa/wish/165237314 Monsoons affects different parts of South-East Asia in a different way as it depends on their proximity to the equator, to the open sea, and to the existence of absence of mountains and mountain chains. ]]> 2017-04-06 18:32:22 UTC https://padlet.com/ashleyweissbach/26bpu5o27jsa/wish/165237314 ashleyweissbach https://padlet.com/ashleyweissbach/26bpu5o27jsa/wish/165246143 The summer monsoon occurs between April and September. The winter monsoon lasts from October-April. ]]> 2017-04-06 19:03:23 UTC https://padlet.com/ashleyweissbach/26bpu5o27jsa/wish/165246143 ashleyweissbach https://padlet.com/ashleyweissbach/26bpu5o27jsa/wish/165247042 "A Monsoon is actually the name of a wind. It is triggered by the changing position of the sun around  the equator 
along the annual seasons." (Asienreisender)]]> 2017-04-06 19:07:08 UTC https://padlet.com/ashleyweissbach/26bpu5o27jsa/wish/165247042 ashleyweissbach https://padlet.com/ashleyweissbach/26bpu5o27jsa/wish/165247804 This monsoon is equipped with heavy rainfall. As winter ends, warm, moist air from South-West Indian Ocean blows toward countries such as; India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Myanmar. The summer monsoon brings a humidclimate and torrential rainfall to these areas.

]]> 2017-04-06 19:10:25 UTC https://padlet.com/ashleyweissbach/26bpu5o27jsa/wish/165247804 ashleyweissbach https://padlet.com/ashleyweissbach/26bpu5o27jsa/wish/165248623 Both agriculture and industry rely on the summer monsoon. ]]> 2017-04-06 19:14:22 UTC https://padlet.com/ashleyweissbach/26bpu5o27jsa/wish/165248623 ashleyweissbach https://padlet.com/ashleyweissbach/26bpu5o27jsa/wish/165248895 This Winter Monsoon is less well known than the Summer Monsoon. The dry winter monsoon blows from the northeast. These winds start in the air above Mongolia and northwestern China. The Winter Monsoon is less powerful because the Himalaya Mountains prevent much of the wind and moisture of the monsoons from reaching the coast]]> 2017-04-06 19:15:28 UTC https://padlet.com/ashleyweissbach/26bpu5o27jsa/wish/165248895 ashleyweissbach https://padlet.com/ashleyweissbach/26bpu5o27jsa/wish/165250293 Not all Winter Monsoons are dry, Asia actually experiences it's rainy season in the winter.]]> 2017-04-06 19:22:09 UTC https://padlet.com/ashleyweissbach/26bpu5o27jsa/wish/165250293 ashleyweissbach https://padlet.com/ashleyweissbach/26bpu5o27jsa/wish/165251306 2017-04-06 19:27:22 UTC https://padlet.com/ashleyweissbach/26bpu5o27jsa/wish/165251306 ashleyweissbach https://padlet.com/ashleyweissbach/26bpu5o27jsa/wish/165251483 Society, N. G. (2012, October 09). Monsoon. Retrieved April 06, 2017, from http://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/monsoon/

A. (n.d.). Monsoon in Southeast Asia. Retrieved April 06, 2017, from http://www.asienreisender.de/monsoon.html]]> 2017-04-06 19:28:11 UTC https://padlet.com/ashleyweissbach/26bpu5o27jsa/wish/165251483