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The Monsoon of South Asia is among several geographically distributed global monsoons. It affects the Indian subcontinent , where it is one of the oldest and most anticipated weather phenomena and an economically important pattern every year from June through September, but it is only partly understood and notoriously difficult to predict.
The 4.2 ka event resulted in an enormous reduction in the strength of the East Asian Summer Monsoon (EASM). [72] This profound weakening of the EASM has been postulated to have resulted from a reduction in the strength of the AMOC; [ 73 ] the cooling of North Atlantic waters led to retardation of northward movements of the EASM and diminished ...
The major monsoon systems of the world consist of the West African, Asian–Australian, the North American, and South American monsoons. The term was first used in English in British India and neighboring countries to refer to the big seasonal winds blowing from the Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea in the southwest bringing heavy rainfall to the area.
The history of core South Asia begins with evidence of human ... South Asia depends critically on monsoon ... may be driven to internal migration by 2050 ...
The South Asian diaspora, also known as the Desi diaspora, [1] is the group of people whose ancestral origins lie in South Asia, but who live outside the region. [2] There are over 44 million people in this diaspora.
Monsoons hit South Asia every year between June and September, but the 2017 monsoon season was far worse than average, [5] bringing flooding and associated landslides of unusual severity. Experts called the floods the worst in South Asia in decades and a threat to long-term food supplies due to ruined farmland. [6]
Below is a timeline of South Asian history. South Asia Timetable Timeline and cultural period ... Indo-Aryan migration: 1300-1100 BCE: Wandering Vedic Aryans: IRON ...
South Asian Heritage Month is the name given to the month-long celebration in the South Asian diaspora to celebrate the heritage of people with roots in the South Asian countries of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Nepal, Bhutan, and the Maldives. [1] It runs from 18 July to 17 August each year. [2]