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This annual north to south and back again "shift" of the thermal equator shifts the belts of planetary winds and pressure systems to the north and to the south as the year turns. ... Consequently, in the northern hemisphere, which has much more land than the southern half of the planet, the planetary wind and pressure system is disrupted more than in the south. ...
A second, very significant geographical influence of land mass on the planetary wind and pressure system is the monsoon effect. ... In the winter, a major centre of high pressure develops over the center of the Asian continent associated with the intensely cold air of the continents interior. This center of high pressure pushes dry winds outwards. ... A center of low pressure, caused by strong heating of the continental interior and its associated rising air, sucks wet winds into the land mass of Asia from the surrounding oceans.
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