Seasons in Indonesia

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Seasons in Indonesia

There are two seasons in Indonesia: the dry season and the rainy season. The dry season is from April to September and the rainy season is from October to March. Both seasons are hot. However, the coastal regions are often cool and in the mountain the air is often chilly.

Two major winds called monsoons make the rainy and dry seasons. One monsoon blows toward Indonesia from Asia. It crosses the South China Sea and brings heavy rain. From mid-June to October another monsoon brings dry air from Australia.

Those two seasons have different effects on this country. Usually there are floods during the rainy season. This is because thousands of hectares of forest are destroyed so that they cannot absorb the rain. The rubbish accumulation in some rivers and dams also cause floods because they cannot retain the falling water. Long dry season often causes drought in thousands of hectares of rive field across the country. The drought forces the farmers to find ways to irrigate their rice fields to avoid crop failure.

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