In the morning, the landscape changed into a green, wet lowland watered by the monsoon, and the dry heat of the desert seemed far behind us.

到了早晨，车窗外的景色换成了雨季中潮湿的绿色低地，沙漠的干热气候好像已经被我们远远抛在身后了。

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It corresponds with a weaker south-west monsoon and a longer dry season.

它相当于一个较弱的西南季风和一个更长的旱季。

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Monsoon rains drive air upward, and that air usually comes down over the Mediterranean, producing the region's hot, dry climate.

季风降雨会推动空气向上运动，这些空气一般会在地中海地区上空集结，令气候变得干燥炎热。

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It corresponds with a weaker south-west monsoon and a longer dry season.

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But in China, hydropower dams on the Lancang (upper Mekong) will operate to store part of the monsoon flow and release it during the dry season.

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Last year, India received less rain in the first half of the June-September monsoon season than usual, hitting western India, which has endured a two year-long dry spell, particularly hard.

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