Describe the path of the monsoon winds, after it strikes the West Bengal coast.
(a) The Bay of Bengal Branch first strikes the coast of Bangladesh and then proceeds towards Assam in the first week of June. (b) The high mountains cause the monsoon winds to deflect towards the west over the Ganga plains. (c) The rainfall keeps on decreasing as the winds move up the Ganga Valley. (d) By mid-June, the Arabian Sea Branch meets the Bay of Bengal Branch. (e) The monsoon reaches Delhi by 29th June. Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana and eastern Rajasthan receives rain by the 1st week of July and Himachal Pradesh by mid-July.
