Question

Which of the following places receive the highest rainfall in the world?
 A. Silchar
 B. Mawsynram
 C. Shillong
 D. Guwahati

Answer 1

Hint:
Rain is an important component of the water cycle which is in liquid form of droplets condensed from atmospheric water vapour. India is a land of diversity from cultural, to linguistic, to even geographical diversity. Due to the latter, one can experience varied temperatures and climates in different parts of the subcontinent. So you can have places as dry as Thar Desert in the West and places as wet as Mawsynram in the East which happens to be the wettest place in India.

Complete step by step solution:
The current record holder, as recognised by the Guinness Book of World Records, is the cluster of hamlets known as Mawsynram in India. Based on the data of recent few decades, it appears to be the wettest place in the world. It receives over 10,000 millimeters of rain in an average year, and the vast majority of the rain it gets falls during the monsoon months. Mawsynram is located in the East Khasi Hills district of Meghalaya state at 25 degree 18’ N, 91 degree 35’ E, at an altitude of about 1400 meters, 15km west of Cherrapunji. It has a subtropical highland climate with an extraordinary showery and long monsoonal season and a short dry season.

Note:
Mawsynram in Cherrapunji is the rainiest part of India.The southwest monsoon winds reach Garo,Khasi and Jaintia hills and have to rise suddenly because the hills are funnel shaped.