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Cherrapunji, India receives 498 inches per year.
Mousinram, India receives 11420 mm per year.
Cropp River, Hokitika, West Coast, South Island, New Zealand, over 365 days: 18,442mm
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∙ 9y agoThe wettest place on Earth is Mount Waialeale, which is in Hawaii, and receives almost 500 inches of rain a year. It is on the island of Kauai and is a volcano.
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∙ 14y agoMount Waialeale on Hawaii, is the unfortunate place with the highest rainfall. It averages 426 inches (10,800mm) per year, with the record being 683 inches (17,300mm) in 1982.
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The place receiving the world's greatest annual rainfall of 1042 inches?
Mt. Rainier, Washington. or is it....... Sahara Desert
Where does the highest rainfall occur?
Cherrapunji, India (AKA Sohra) has the greatest annual rainfall in the world.
Which region in the world receives the least amount of rainfall?
The Atacama Desert in Chile is known as the driest place on Earth, receiving very little rainfall each year. The desert's extreme aridity is due to the combination of its location between two mountain ranges and the cooling effect of the Humboldt Current offshore.
Which place in the world gets the maximum rainfall?
chirafunji in India
How close can a desert be to an ocean?
It can be as close as it wants. Antarctica, the biggest desert in the world, is surrounded by water. Whether a place is a desert or not depends on the amount of rainfall every year.
Why is Cherrapunji in India famous?
It is because it is the world highest recorded rainfall place in the world
How much rainfall falls in the Earth each year?
The rainfall in regions varies from place to place. If it is too hot and dry, the rainfall would be scanty (20 to50cm). if a little humid then a good amount of rainfall would be expected (100 to 200cm). If too humid then a large amount of rainfall (200 to 400mm). And if a rain forest then it would be a large amount (above 400mm).
The inhabited place with the least rainfall in the world is in country of?
Aswan, Egypt.
What is the greatest rainfall world record in a day where and when?
The greatest rainfall recorded in a single day is 182.5 centimeters (71.9 inches) in Foc-Foc, La Réunion, a French island in the Indian Ocean, on January 8, 1966.
What are the 13 climate regions in the world?
the world is divided into different climatic region basing on similarities in terms of the amount of rainfall,annual temperature and ohter climatic distinctions. the first climatic region is the equatorial rainforest climate. I has no seasons since rainfall is recieved throughout the year.Areas in such place include the
The 3 wettest places in the world?
In terms of rainfall, the wettest place in the world is Lloró, Columbia with an average annual rainfall of 523.6 inches (or 13,299.4 mm). In second place is Mawsynram, India, with an average rainfall of 467 in. (or 11,872 mm). Finally, the third wettest place in the world is Mt. Waialeale in Kauai, Hawaii in the United States, with an average rainfall of 460 inches per year (or 11,684 mm).
Why is Antarctica the wettest place in the world?
It isn't the wettest place on earth. It is one of the largest deserts in the world because of its low rainfall.
