<p>This is a very active region for tropical storms.
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<a href="https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/7079/historic-tropical-cyclone-tracks" rel="nofollow noreferrer">NASA</a></p>

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2018-08-11T03:15:48.500Z
@gansub am I missing something? Op asks why is there no desert, and the answer shows there is rain. What’s the problem here?
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<p>Arabia, Sahara and Southeast China and India all are on the tropic of Cancer yet Southeast China and India are not deserts. I know that India is not a desert because of monsoon wind which causes heavy rain. But China doesn't have that kind of wind. Also Tibet which is in Southwest China is very dry because the moist air doesn't get over the Himalayas. But east of that you would normally expect there to be another big desert, but there isn't. Why is this?</p>

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Why do you think there should be a desert? [Why are deserts mostly located on the western side of continents?](https://earthscience.stackexchange.com/questions/9994/why-are-deserts-mostly-located-on-the-western-side-of-continents) deals with this.
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Why is there no desert in Southeast China?
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# Why is there no desert in Southeast China?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-08-08)

Arabia, Sahara and Southeast China and India all are on the tropic of Cancer yet Southeast China and India are not deserts. I know that India is not a desert because of monsoon wind which causes heavy rain. But China doesn't have that kind of wind. Also Tibet which is in Southwest China is very dry because the moist air doesn't get over the Himalayas. But east of that you would normally expect there to be another big desert, but there isn't. Why is this?

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Why do you think there should be a desert? [Why are deserts mostly located on the western side of continents?](https://earthscience.stackexchange.com/questions/9994/why-are-deserts-mostly-located-on-the-western-side-of-continents) deals with this.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2018-08-10. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

This is a very active region for tropical storms.
[![https://eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/7000/7079/tropical_cyclone_map_lrg.gif](https://i.sstatic.net/i5rYz.gif)](https://i.sstatic.net/i5rYz.gif)
[NASA](https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/7079/historic-tropical-cyclone-tracks)

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: @gansub am I missing something? Op asks why is there no desert, and the answer shows there is rain. What’s the problem here?  

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