Kusi (wind)

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The Kusi is a strong monsoon - wind from the southeast, which (in the room East Africa Zanzibar , Kenya , ...) occurs in the period from May to September. The wind turns north of the equator and blows from the southwest. The Kusi brings little rain in East Africa, most of it falls in the mountains of Madagascar . The Kaskasi region blows between December and the end of February .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ S. Nieuwolt: The East African monsoons and Their effects on agriculture . In: GeoJournal . tape 2 , no. 2 , 1979, p. 193-200 .