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  • Several sites have suffered from post-monsoon leaks.

    India's Games Preparation Becomes a Sprint 2010

  • But the post-monsoon period of Fall is difficult on Everest with higher winds, more snow plus ever-shorter and colder days so many commercial companies turn to the lower and slightly logistically easier Cho Oyu, Manaslu and Shishapangma as their primary Fall 8000m expeditions ... read more

    alanarnette.com 2010

  • Temperatures are highest (maximum 38°C) during this season and drop to a minimum of 6°C in the post-monsoon period (October to January), when dry northerly winds from the Himalaya and Tibetan Plateau are prevalent.

    Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal 2009

  • During the post-monsoon and winter seasons from November to February, the temperature decreases from south to north due to the effect of continental winds over most of the country.

    Water profile of India 2008

  • Except when he took off his helmet, I was the one who had the “post-monsoon” look while he was “warmed-up”.

    Archive 2006-04-01 Elizabeth McClung 2006

  • "We normally get some diamond stones or kimberlite rocks in our fields once a week but in the post-monsoon period we get really lucky," said Sukhia Bai, 58.

    It is raining diamonds in Chhattisgarh.Economic hit men(EHM) descend on Chhattisgarh like vultures Abhay N 2006

  • "We normally get some diamond stones or kimberlite rocks in our fields once a week but in the post-monsoon period we get really lucky," said Sukhia Bai, 58.

    Archive 2006-11-01 Abhay N 2006

  • Except when he took off his helmet, I was the one who had the “post-monsoon” look while he was “warmed-up”.

    Fitness Test, a Hickey & Handmaiden of Epee Elizabeth McClung 2006

  • Impacts expected after canal operation include: rise in watertable; waterlogging; increased salinity, due to clay dominated soils with low permeability, and high watertable (0.43 m) during post-monsoon period; fuelwood and fodder crises due to deforestation in the catchment area; weed infestation, crop pests; and human diseases, e.g. malaria, poliomyelitis, filariasis and goitre.

    1. Water management. 1992

  • "In this approach, we only store post-monsoon regenerated water within the stream, without obstructing the river's natural flow," he said.

    Daily News & Analysis 2010

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