Page 1 : LOCATION, , *THE TROPICAL MONSOON REGION LIES BETWEEN, 10°N - 23%2°N AND 10°S — 2342°S , WITHIN THE, TROPICS, , ¢THE COUNTRIES THAT FALL IN THIS REGION ARE, INDIA, MYANMAR , THAILAND, LAOS, CAMBODIA,, SRI LANKA , SOUTHERN CHINA, CENTRAL AMERICA |, AND NORTHERN AUSTRALIA.

Page 2 : CLIMATE, , * THE COUNTRIES FALL UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE SEASONAL, MONSOON WINDS, , ° THE HAVE THREE SEASONS — HOT AND DRY SUMMER, RAINY SEASON, AND COOL AND DRY WINTER., , ¢ WITHIN THE TROPICAL BELT, CENTRAL AMERICA AND NORTH — EAST, AUSTRALIA ARE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE TRADE WIDNS AND S$, THESE PLACES GET RAINFALL THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. |, , ° THEY ARE SAID TO HAVE A TROPICAL MARINE CLIMATE., SH i 7, , , , , , , —/

Page 3 : °IN SUMMER, LARGE LANDMASSES HEAT UP, THE AIR, ABOVE THEM RISES AND A LOW PRESSURE AREA IS, ~ FORMED, , ° WINDS FROM THE SEA, WHERE THERE IS AN ANREA OF, HIGH PRESSURE, BLOW TOWARDS THE LAND TO THE, LOW PRESSURE AREA., , ¢ THESE ARE SEASONAL MONSOON WINDS THAT BRING, RAIN, , * MONSOON COMES FROM THE ARABIC WORD “MAUSIM”, WHICH MEANS SEASON. —/, , ¢ THESE WINDS BLOW IN A PARTICULAR DIRECTION. . y