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Meaning of northeast monsoon | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A period of rainy weather brought by northeasterly winds affecting much of the tropics from December to March.

Examples

“Three miles or more to our starboard is a low dim line. It is the Eastern shore of Central Africa. We are running to the southward, before the North East Monsoon, between the mainland and the reef that for hundreds of miles fringes this perilous coast.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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