 the south asian monsoon the australian monsoon it's a summertime event it brings it's a reversal of winds that brings a lot of moisture to the continent when the driven in part by the continent heating up but there are substantial differences the south asian monsoon has a lot of topography that influences it the himalayas which we already mentioned are really important to it the ghats in india help control which direction the flow goes the shape of the coastline there's any number of things that make