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Goh Cheng Leong Chapter 16: Tropical Monsoon & Tropical Marine Climate
Certificate Physical & Human Geography Goh Cheng Leong
Chapter 16: Tropical Monsoon & Tropical Marine Climate
Characteristics
- Seasonal Winds
- On shore wet monsoon – summer
- Off shore dry monsoon – winter
- Monsoon: India, Burma, Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, South China, North Australia
- Maritime: C. America, West Indies, NE Australia, Philippines, E. Africa, Madagascar, Guinea & East Brazil
Climate – Tropical Monsoon
- Landmass is heated in summer in N. H. (more than 15 than normal) – Low pressure develops in Indian mainland & HP in Australia
- Seasonal reversal of winds
Seasons – Tropical Monsoon
- Cool Dry (Oct to Feb)
- Hot Dry (March to June)
- Rainy (June to Sept)
- Retreating Monsoon – after mid Sept (NE monsoon)
Climate – Tropical Marine
- On east coast of tropical lands
- Receive rain from trade winds all time
- Favorable for habitation
- Has severe tropical cyclones
Vegetation
- Deciduous – dry period & shed leaves
- In heavy rainfall – forest – open and less luxuriant than equatorial
- Summer – thorny scrub or savanna – scattered tree & tall grass
- Timber: durable hardwood – teak – Burma (3⟋4th of world production)
Agriculture
- Dense population – small farms – man is land hungry, high density
- Tropical agriculture – rainfall 7 large labour force – farming – India, China, SE Asia, East Brazil & West Indies
- Wet Paddy
- Lowland Cash Crop
- Highland Plantation Crop
- Lumbering
- Shifting Cultivation
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