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Which one of the following places receives the highest rainfall in the world?
Which one of the following places receives the highest rainfall in the world?
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The correct option is B Mawsynram
The correct answer is option (b) – Mawsynram.
- The highest average rainfall in the world is received in Mawsynram which is located in the southern ranges of the Khasi Hills.
- Below 150 mm per year is the rainfall in Indian desert. This amount of rainfall received in Indian desert is very low.
- The annual precipitation is less than 10 cm in Western Rajasthan and Ladakh, whereas in Meghalaya the annual precipitation is over 400 cm.
- In the Northern plains, there is generally a decrease in rainfall from East to West.
- Gujarat and Rajasthan receive scanty rainfall.
- A total change in weather conditions in India is brought about by the inflow of south-west monsoon winds.
- The rainfall received by the Western Ghats (windward side) is 250 cm, which is very heavy rainfall, early in the season.
- The North-eastern part of India receives the maximum rainfall.
- Madhya Pradesh and Deccan Plateau regions, although they lie in the rain-shadow region, they receive some amount of rainfall.
- Generally by the first week of June, the southern tip of the Indian peninsula receives the monsoon.
- Later the Monsoon splits into two branches – the Bay of Bengal branch and the Arabian Sea branch.
- By the first week of June, Assam receives the Bay of Bengal branch.
- Mumbai receives the Arabian sea branch around 10th June.
- Central part of the country and Saurashtra-Kachchh region receives the Arabian sea branch of the monsoon by mid of June.
- The Bay of Bengal branch of the monsoon reaches Delhi by the end of June.
- The Arabian Sea branch and Bay of Bengal branch of the monsoon merges over the Ganga plains, in its Northwestern part.
- Eastern Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab, Western Uttar Pradesh receives the monsoon by the first week of July.
- The monsoon reaches the rest of the country, including Himachal Pradesh by mid-July.
- From early June to mid-September, between 100- 120 days is the duration of the monsoon. Some places like Tamil Nadu receive a major portion of its rainfall during October and November, but most parts of the country receive rainfall from June to September.
Mawsynram
The correct answer is option (b) – Mawsynram.
- The highest average rainfall in the world is received in Mawsynram which is located in the southern ranges of the Khasi Hills.
- Below 150 mm per year is the rainfall in Indian desert. This amount of rainfall received in Indian desert is very low.
- The annual precipitation is less than 10 cm in Western Rajasthan and Ladakh, whereas in Meghalaya the annual precipitation is over 400 cm.
- In the Northern plains, there is generally a decrease in rainfall from East to West.
- Gujarat and Rajasthan receive scanty rainfall.
- A total change in weather conditions in India is brought about by the inflow of south-west monsoon winds.
- The rainfall received by the Western Ghats (windward side) is 250 cm, which is very heavy rainfall, early in the season.
- The North-eastern part of India receives the maximum rainfall.
- Madhya Pradesh and Deccan Plateau regions, although they lie in the rain-shadow region, they receive some amount of rainfall.
- Generally by the first week of June, the southern tip of the Indian peninsula receives the monsoon.
- Later the Monsoon splits into two branches – the Bay of Bengal branch and the Arabian Sea branch.
- By the first week of June, Assam receives the Bay of Bengal branch.
- Mumbai receives the Arabian sea branch around 10th June.
- Central part of the country and Saurashtra-Kachchh region receives the Arabian sea branch of the monsoon by mid of June.
- The Bay of Bengal branch of the monsoon reaches Delhi by the end of June.
- The Arabian Sea branch and Bay of Bengal branch of the monsoon merges over the Ganga plains, in its Northwestern part.
- Eastern Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab, Western Uttar Pradesh receives the monsoon by the first week of July.
- The monsoon reaches the rest of the country, including Himachal Pradesh by mid-July.
- From early June to mid-September, between 100- 120 days is the duration of the monsoon. Some places like Tamil Nadu receive a major portion of its rainfall during October and November, but most parts of the country receive rainfall from June to September.
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