Distribution
of rainfall
The average annual rainfall of
India is 118 cm. However, spatial distribution of rainfall in the country is highly uneven.
The Western coast, Assam, South Meghalaya, Tripura,
Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh are the heavy rainfall areas which get more than
200 cm rainfall. The whole of Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana, Western and
Southwestern parts of Uttar Pradesh, Western Madhya Pradesh, the entire Deccan
Trap or Plateau region east of Western Ghats except for a narrow strip along
Tamil nadu coast receive a low rainfall of less than 100 cm. The rest of the
areas receive a rainfall ranging between 100 and 200 cm.
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