Explanation:

 THE ONSET OF THE MONSOON AND WITHDRAWAL
Onset: Generally, the monsoon arrives at the southern tip of the Indian peninsular by the first week of June.
Subsequently, it divides into two branches, viz. the Arabian Sea branch and the Bay of Bengal branch.
• The Arabian Sea branch reaches Mumbai about ten days later, i.e. around 10th of June. The Bay of
• Bengal rapidly advances and reaches Assam in the first week of June.
• The monsoon winds are then deflected by high mountains and move towards west over the Ganga
• Plains The Arabian Sea branch of the monsoon arrives over Surashtra-Kuchchh and central part of the country by mid-June.
• The Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal branches of the monsoon merge over the northwestern part of the Ganga plains.
• Delhi usually receives monsoon showers from the Bay of Bengal branch by the end of June.
• Western Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, and eastern Rajasthan experience monsoon by the first week of July. The monsoon reaches Himachal Pradesh and the rest of the country by mid-July.
Desert lands with extremely low temperatures are called cold deserts like Antarctica, which is the largest cold desert in the world. Ladakh in India is a cold desert that lies in the Great Himalayas on the eastern side of Jammu and Kashmir. It is also known as Khapa-chan, which means snow land.