CLIMATE OF INDIA
RAINFALL INDIA
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north-eastern
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north-western
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south-eastern
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south-western
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Detailed explanation-1: -The maximum rainfall of this season is received in the north-eastern part of the country. Mawsynram in the southern ranges of the Khasi Hills receives the highest average rainfall in the world. Was this answer helpful?
Detailed explanation-2: -While the southwest monsoon provides India with about 75 percent of the rainfall it receives, the northeastern monsoon brings substantial rainfall to Tamil Nadu, south-inner Karnataka, coastal Andhra Pradesh, Rayalaseema, Puducherry and Kerala.
Detailed explanation-3: -Coromandal coast receives winter rainfall because of the retreating monsoon and the North-east Monsoon winds which pass over the Bay of Bengal. There they get moisture and when they reach the Tamil Nadu coasts they cause rainfall there.