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Mawsynram in India receives the highest average annual rainfall

Annual rainfall averages nearly twelve thousand millimetres in this village

Located in the Khasi Hills of Meghalaya state, Mawsynram receives an average of roughly 11,872 millimetres of rain each year. Warm, moist air blowing from the Bay of Bengal hits the steep hills, producing intense monsoon rain. Villagers construct living root bridges using rubber tree roots to cross flooded rivers.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: Annual rainfall averages nearly twelve thousand millimetres in this village. The figure is taken from Encyclopaedia Britannica, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a records & extremes fact?: Yes. It sits on the Records & Extremes shelf, one of 1,090 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.