Environments and People - Dragons and Tigers: A Geography of South, East and Southeast Asia - page 36

Figure 2-9
Monsoon seasons. Remember that winds blow from
high to low (pressure) and are named by the direction
from which they came. All of Asia is influenced by the
monsoon.

23° 30'

0

WET MONSOON
(May-October)

SOUTHEAST MONSOON

DRY MONSOON
(November-April)

HIGH
PRESSURE

23° 30'

NORTHEAST
MONSOON

Precipitation

+
200
100
50
25
12.5
0
cm.

+
80
40
20
10
5
0
in.

0

NORTHWEST MONSOON