Mawsynram

India / Meghalaya / Cherrapunji /
Mawsynram is situated on a plateau opposite Cherrapunji - the wettest place on earth.
Mawsynram is a village in the East Khasi Hills district of Meghalaya state in north-eastern India, 56 kilometers from Shillong. It is reportedly the wettest place on Earth, with an annual rainfall of 11,872 millimetres (467.4 in). According to the Guinness Book of World Records Mawsynram received 26,000 millimetres (1,000 in) of rainfall in 1985.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mawsynram
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Coordinates:   25°17'47"N   91°34'45"E

Comments

  • We friends visited this on 11-Jul-1996:- Yogesh Oturkar Sanjay Parik Harshala Chandorkar Deepali Padhye
  • From here we can see Bangladesh
  • Me along with Abhay Jagdale Sumit Deshmukh Amit Dharnaik visited this place on 07/08/08
  • Wetter in Sheffield, England over 2 years: Cherrapunji: 38,568mm of rain between August 1860 and July 1862 Sheffield: 40,887mm of rain between February 2006 and January 2008 SO THERE!
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