CLIMATE OF INDIA
GENERAL FEATURES OF INDIAN CLIMATE
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Assam
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Meghalaya
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Tripura
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Arunachal Pradesh
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Detailed explanation-1: -Mawsynram of Khasi Hills in Meghalaya, North East India, has got the title of being the wettest place of India as well of the world. It receives an average rainfall of 11, 872 mm (467 inches) during peak monsoons in India and is 1400 m above the sea level.
Detailed explanation-2: -Complete answer: Mawsynram is the wettest place on Earth, with an annual rainfall of 11872 millimeters. This place receives over ten thousand millimeters of rain in an average year in the monsoon months.
Detailed explanation-3: -Mawsynram is enclosed by hills on three sides. Mawsynram experiences Orographic rainfall as it is located on the windward side of Garohill. Mawsynram lies in the funnel-shaped depression caused by the Khasi range in Meghalaya. The Bay of Bengal branch of monsoons is trapped in it and causes heavy rainfall.