Mawsynram
| Mawsynram | |
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 Mawsynram
 Mawsynram
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| Coordinates: 25°17′N 91°21′E / 25.28°N 91.35°ECoordinates: 25°17′N 91°21′E / 25.28°N 91.35°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | Meghalaya |
| District | East Khasi Hills |
| Talukas | Mawsynram C.D. Block |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,788 km2 (1,076 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 2,000 m (7,000 ft) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | English, Khasi |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 793113 |
| Telephone code | 03673 |
| Vehicle registration | ML |
| Nearest city | Mawphlang |
| Climate | Cwb |
Mawsynram (/ˈmɔːsɪnˌrʌm/) is a village in the East Khasi Hills district of Meghalaya state in north-eastern India, 65 kilometres from Shillong. It is reportedly the wettest place on Earth, with an average annual rainfall of 11,872 millimetres (467.4 in), but that claim is disputed by Lloró, Colombia, which reported an average yearly rainfall of 12,717 millimetres (500.7 in) between 1952 and 1989 and López de Micay, also in Colombia, which reported 12,892 mm (507.6 in) per year between 1960 and 2012. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Mawsynram received 26,000 millimetres (1,000 in) of rainfall in 1985.
Mawsynram is located at 25° 18′ N, 91° 35′ E, at an altitude of about 1,400 metres (4,600 ft), 16 km west of Cherrapunji, in the Khasi Hills in the state of Meghalaya (India) . The name of the village contains Maw, a Khasi word meaning stone, and thus might refer to certain megaliths in the surrounding area. Khasi Hills are rich with such megaliths.
Under the Köppen climate classification, Mawsynram features a subtropical highland climate with an extraordinarily showery and long monsoonal season and a short dry season. Based on the data of a recent few decades, it appears to be the wettest place in the world, or the place with the highest average annual rainfall. Mawsynram receives nearly 10,000 millimeters of rain in an average year, and the vast majority of rain it falls during the monsoon months. A comparison of rainfalls for Cherrapunji and Mawsynram for some years is given in Table 1.
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