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4/11/12 @iron_ammonite - Wildlife & TV: Monsoon hits India & me! A lifeline for wildlife, people & leeches 1/5 www.ironammonite.com/2011/06/drenched-by-monsoon-lifeline-for.html Home About Me My Wildlife TV Picks Photography Film Wild Sounds Travel Pub Quizzes Twitter Talks TUESDAY, 7 JUNE 2011 Please click here to comment Monsoon hits India & me! A lifeline for wildlife, people & leeches 10 Share I've just heard from my friend Kalyan Varma in India that this years monsoon rains have started pouring - a time of celebration and thanksgiving. In 2009 I visited Kerala on the south west coast to experience the full force of the monsoon as it arrived on mainland India. During the previous few days we had endured sweltering temperatures in the high 50s (oC), so the onset of the rains was exhilarating! Within minutes we were happily drenched to the bone. This was the beginning of our journey following the monsoon north as it passed over the Western Ghat mountains. You can see more videos and read about our monsoon adventure here. We get drenched as the monsoon hits Kerala Mountain meets monsoon The Western Ghats form a 1600 km long barrier that forces the moisture laden monsoon clouds to rise. In the process they deposit most of their rain, drenching the mountains with as much as 9,000 mm (350 inches). No wonder that some parts of the Western Ghats are said to be the wettest places on earth. The deluge is critical in the life cycle of thousands of endemic species that live here, especially the numerous frogs such as the Purple frog which emerge from their underground hideaways for a brief period to breed in the first rains. By mid-July the monsoon has spread north to cover the rest of India and neighbouring countries including Bangladesh and Bengal. Oh yes, the leeches also love it too! Paul Williams iron_ammonite Join the conversation Deadliest place on Earth? Surviving Cueva de los Cristales - The Giant Crystal Cave Mammoth Hall of Fame - Incredible Pics & 'Secrets from the Ice' #BBC2 The Land of The Lost Wolves - Gordon Buchanan Part Bear, Part Sloth? - T he Real Jungle Book Baloo 5 jaw-dropping caves - superman's fortress, santa's grotto & the chandelier ballroom Top 7 'Evolution' moments including Homer sapien, Mr Garrison's take on things and a lesson from Futurama BBC Natural World uncovers the secret life of the last Tree Octopus Have a go: BBC Wildlife Fund Audiovisual Charity Pub Quiz Miraculous 'Leap of Faith' geese captured by Viking Wilderness Dinosaurs - Big, Bad & Bizarre - hold TODAY'S TOP POSTS Subs a m m o n o i @iron_ammonite Tweeting W RECENT COMME iron_ammonite @cshillustration I love Lindy Hop - especially to fast and high energy songs. We did a lot of stealing dances today which is always fun. y esterday · reply · retw eet · fav orite vodkahic totally fab 3 day s ago · louisenob glad you sentence 3 day s ago · Mwmyn ammonite only I cou knitting: oddknit.c Smashing 3 day s ago · LizzyPete look in go hows the 3 day s ago · Search... Translate Recent posts Videos Photos 131 Like Share

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Home About Me My Wildlife TV Picks Photography Film Wild Sounds Travel Pub Quizzes Twitter Talks

TUESDAY, 7 JUNE 2011

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I've just heard from my friend Kalyan Varma in India that this years monsoon rains have started

pouring - a time of celebration and thanksgiving. In 2009 I visited Kerala on the south west coast

to experience the full force of the monsoon as it arrived on mainland India. During the previous

few days we had endured sweltering temperatures in the high 50s (oC), so the onset of the rains

was exhilarating! Within minutes we were happily drenched to the bone. This was the beginning of

our journey following the monsoon north as it passed over the Western Ghat mountains. You can

see more videos and read about our monsoon adventure here.

We get drenched as the monsoon hits Kerala

Mountain meets monsoon

The Western Ghats form a 1600 km long barrier that forces the moisture laden monsoon clouds to

rise. In the process they deposit most of their rain, drenching the mountains with as much as

9,000 mm (350 inches). No wonder that some parts of the Western Ghats are said to be the

wettest places on earth. The deluge is critical in the life cycle of thousands of endemic species that

live here, especially the numerous frogs such as the Purple frog which emerge from their

underground hideaways for a brief period to breed in the first rains. By mid-July the monsoon has

spread north to cover the rest of India and neighbouring countries including Bangladesh and

Bengal.

Oh yes, the leeches also love it too!

Paul Williams

iron_ammonite

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Deadliest place onEarth? SurvivingCueva de los Cristales -The Giant CrystalCave

Mammoth Hall ofFame - Incredible Pics& 'Secrets from theIce' #BBC2

The Land of The LostWolves - GordonBuchanan

Part Bear, Part Sloth?- The Real JungleBook Baloo

5 jaw-dropping caves -superman's fortress,santa's grotto & thechandelier ballroom

Top 7 'Evolution'moments includingHomer sapien, MrGarrison's take onthings and a lesson

from Futurama

BBC Natural Worlduncovers the secretlife of the last TreeOctopus

Have a go: BBCWildlife FundAudiovisual CharityPub Quiz

Miraculous 'Leap ofFaith' geese capturedby Viking Wilderness

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A lifeline for India

On a normal year 80% of India's entire annual rainfall, as much as 390 inches, will fall in just four

months - the rainy season. We may complain in Britain when we get a thimble-full of our annual

37 inches, but in India rain is celebrated. In 2009 it arrived at Kerala early, on 23rd May, but it was

a particularly weak monsoon and it took several weeks longer than usual to reach central India.

The rains are a vital lifeline, providing relief from the dryness and heat of June, but more

importantly directly irrigating 60 percent of India's farms - the main food supply for a booming

population of more than 1 billion people. In a country where agriculture accounts for 25% of the

GDP and employs 235 million people, a late or weak monsoon can have devastating effects on

crops and the economy.

The Times of India closely monitors the monsoon

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The monsoon approaches Kerala

It's difficult to keep dry when it rains heavily throughout most of the day

A typical monsoon drenched town in the Western Ghats. Photo: Paul Williams

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David Heath filming in a drenched Indian forest

David happy in the mist - filming the rare Nilgiri Tahr 'cloud goat'

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