World's Wettest Place Blog
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It is not the Amazon like you might at first think. The wettest place on Earth is..

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Mawsynram,  Meghalaya, India

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Many will say that Mount Waialeale on Kauai, one of the Hawaiian islands, is the wettest place on earth, and it is a definitely included amongst the top few, but Mawsynram in India holds the 38 year average record for 467.4 inches (11,870 mm) of rainfall a year , according to the Guinness Book of World Records.

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Mawsynram - Worlds wettest place

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If you compare this to Ireland, our average annual rainfall here ranges from 29.5 inches (750mm) - 49.2 inches (1250 mm). In mountainous districts rainfall exceeds 78.7 inches (2000mm) but that is still not even close to Mawsynram’s average of 467.4 inches (11,870mm)!

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Meghalaya means 'land of the clouds'.

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