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Map of climatic heat sources and heat sinks for Asian summer and winter monsoons.
Wind and rainfall patterns of the Australian monsoon.
Assam state, India: monsoon
monsoon
Map showing the average date of onset of the summer monsoon across Asia.
Average withdrawal date of the summer monsoon across South Asia.
2010 flooding in Pakistan
Wind and rainfall patterns of the West African monsoon.
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Lightning over a farm field. Weather electricity thunderstorm light energy tree
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Umbrella colored like a rainbow sticking out above a sea of black umbrellas while it rains. (storm, weather)
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rain. Child in the rain, wearing a rain coat, under a yellow umbrella. April Showers weather climate rain storm water drops
April Showers to March’s Lions and Lambs