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The Rainiest Places on Earth
which holds the title of the wettest place on Earth. Mawsynram, a village in the northeastern Indian state of Meghalaya, tops ...
JSTOR Daily5 年
Rain, Rain, Come Again: Cherrapunji, the Rainiest Spot on Earth
Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1998. John, Binoo K. Under A Cloud: Life in Cherrapunji, the Wettest Place on Earth. New Delhi: Penguin, 2004. Le Roy Ladurie, Emmanuel. Times of Feast, Times of Famine ...
Smithsonian Magazine4 年
Unraveling the “Hidden” Secrets Below One of the Most Biodiverse Regions on Earth
The Chocó region in northwestern Colombia, one of the rainiest places on Earth with a mean annual rainfall exceeding 10000 mm (1) is a remarkable example, which is home to an incredibly ...
New Scientist24 天
2024 may have been the rainiest – as well as hottest – year on record
In 2024, Earth received about 2.9 millimetres of rain per day. That may not sound like much, but it could represent a new record amount of precipitation for the planet. Last year’s global ...
India.com5 年
Mawsynram
Crowned as the wettest place on earth, the village of Mawsynram is a nature lover’s dream and the best place to witness the fury of the rains. With 11,872 mm of rainfall received annually ...