Geography
(i) What is 'Monsoon'?
(ii) Name the place in India which receives the heaviest rainfall.
Climate
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(i) Monsoon are periodic or seasonal reversing winds. They are divided into two wind systems — the Summer Monsoon that blow south-west and the Winter Monsoon that blow north-east.
(ii) Cherrapunji and Mawsynram in Meghalaya receive the heaviest rainfall.
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