Malaysian-Australian monsoon: Quick Facts

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Two side-by-side maps of Australia show seasonal rainfall patterns and the path of the Australian monsoon. The left map, for October 1 to April 30, displays bands of increasing rainfall from the interior to the northern and northeastern coasts, with black arrows indicating monsoon winds moving from the northwest across northern Australia. The right map, for April 1 to November 30, shows generally lower rainfall amounts, with the highest rainfall still in the north but no arrows indicating wind d

Two world maps compare the Indian monsoon's climatic heat sources and sinks. The top map, labeled Summer Monsoon, highlights the monsoon trough over South Asia as a major heat source and the Mascarene High over the southwest Indian Ocean as a heat sink, with arrows indicating surface air flow from the ocean toward the continent. The bottom map, labeled Winter Monsoon, shows the Siberian High over northern Asia as a heat sink and the Maritime Continent region as a heat source, with air flow arrow

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