The Asian monsoon
Principle of the summer monsoon
The word monsoon is derived from the Arabic mausim which means 'season'. Ancient traders plying the Indian Ocean and the adjoining Arabian Sea used it to describe a system of alternating winds which blow persistently from the northeast during the northern hemisphere winter and from the opposite direction, the southwest, during the northern summer. The monsoon dominates the climate of Malaysia and plays an important part in shaping human and economic activity.
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- The Asian monsoon
- Monsoon characteristics in Malaysia
- Monsoons and people