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CLIMATE OF SOUTH ASIAINTRODUCTION: The climate of Southeast Asia is

mainly tropical hot & humid all the year round. There

is lot of rainfall. It has a wet & dry seasons caused

by seasonal shifts in winds or months. The Tropical

rainbelt causes additional rainfall in monsoon

seasons. May & June are the hottest month of theyear. People watch the sky anxiously for the signs of

clouds, in the hope that they may result in cooling

rain.

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SOUTHEAST RAINFOREST

Southeast rainforest is the oldest , consistent

rainforest on earth, dating back to PleistoceneEpoch 70 million years ago. It has a biological

richness & diversity unequaled by that of

Amazon or African rainforest.

It is a 3100 mile long chain of 20,000 islandsstrung between Asia & Australia. It covers an

area of 1,12,000 sq.miles , almost twice the size

of Alaska. The area lies from latitude 20degree

North & 16 degree South, & longitude 95 degree

to 105 degree East. Humidity is always high.

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CLIMATE:

Millions of years ago as

the rest of world went

through cooling &

warming periods, the

climate of Southeast

Asia region remained

more or less the same.

This was due mainly

because of its location

on the equatorial being

surrounding oceansprovide plenty

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As the sea level rose &

fell through warming &

icing cycles, small

pockets of forests

survived as “forest

refugia” or reservoirs of

wildlife from various

species & reestablish

themselves

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VEGETATION

Trees & Shrubs in the

lower canopy have an

elongated crowns as the

leaves reach for light

shade tolerant species

flourish here.

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CLIMATE CLASSIFICATION

The climate of SoutheastAsia is classified asTropical wet climate inKoppen climate zonesystem. The climate is

influenced by maritimewind systems which isoriginated in IndianOcean & South Chinasea. It has @2 monsoonseasons. The Northeast

monsoon occurs fromOctober to February &brings heavy rains to theEastern side of theislands.

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TEMPERATURE READING

Current conditions &

forecast of Southeast

 Asia.

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INDIA TABLE OF CONTENTS

The Himalayas isolate Southeast Asia from

the rest of the Asia. South of these mountainsthe climate like the terrain is highly diverse.

The Indian Metrological Service divides the

year in 4 seasons, the relatively dry , cool

winter from Dec through Feb, dry hot ,

summer from March through May, the

Southwest maritime winds bring rains to the

most of Southeast Asia by first week of July.

Conventionally scientist have attributed

monsoons to thermal changes in Asian

landmasses.

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South Asia is subject to

a wide range of climate

from subfreezing

Himalayan winters to thetropical climate of

Coromandel Coast &

from damp, rainy climate

in the states of Assam &

West Bengal to the aridGreat Indian Desert.

In the Himalayan Region

climate varies with

altitude. At about

2000m, the averagesummer temperature is

near 18degree Celsius at

4500m, it is rarely above

0degree Celsius.