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Monsoon (Wikipedia)

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The Wikipedia article on the monsoon, consulted for the differential land-ocean heating mechanism, the world's principal monsoon systems, and the South Asian monsoon's share of India's annual rainfall.

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Publisher
Wikimedia Foundation
URL
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsoon
Source Type
reference
Reliability Tier
2
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Monsoon (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationLead section
Quote, Lead section
Usually, the term monsoon is used to refer to the rainy phase of a seasonally changing pattern, although technically there is a dry phase.
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Claims Backed By This Source (13 claims)

This source backs 13 claims across the atlas. As facts: 9 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 holds. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

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  • Physical Processes, 7 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.
  • Sources, 4 claims: 4 well-attested.
  • Regions, 2 claims: 1 holds, 1 general references.

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9

Physical Processes

Holds

2

Physical Processes

Regions

General References

2

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