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CHERRAPUNJI

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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 84 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CHERRAPUNJI  , a

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village in the Khasi hills
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district of
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Assam . It is notable as having the heaviest known rainfall in the
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world . In 1861 it registered a
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total of 905 in., and its
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annual
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average is 458 in . This excessive rainfall is caused by the fact that Cherrapunji stands on the edge of the
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plateau overlooking the plains of
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Bengal, where it catches the full force of the
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monsoon as it rises from the
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sea . There is a
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good
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coal-seam in the vicinity .

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