2006-07-11 21:39:20 · 16 answers · asked by Eve W 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
To be specific, which country is the wettest in the world?
2006-07-11 21:48:07 · update #1
Other than the oceans, try this:
"It's ironic that the wettest place in the world manages to thirst for water each winter when no rain falls at all for months at a time. The type of weather phenomenon that brings so much rain to this part of the world is called the monsoons. Monsoons are seasonal winds that blow from one direction for approximately six months, bringing torrential rains, and then blow from the opposite direction for the remaining six months, during which little rain falls. During the wet season moist air is cooled as it blows over rising land, letting abundant rain fall on the windward side of mountain ranges. But because of widespread destruction of conifer forests that protected the soil, the ground does not absorb the rain that falls so heavily during the monsoon season. The city of Cherrapunji is 1290 meters above sea level and much of the torrential rains run off the mountains into the valley below. The irrigation system for the town of Cherrapunji is insufficient to provide adequate amounts of clean, potable water from below during the dry season. People who live there frequently have to travel on foot for several kilometers to bathe and get drinking water.
The statistics say: annual rainfall is 508 inches, with 916 inches having been recorded in one season. Check the link below for the full story.
2006-07-12 03:15:03 · answer #1 · answered by Yahzmin ♥♥ 4ever 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
yahzmin19904
is correct.. the wettest place in the world is The city of Cherrapunji locatted in India.. however the question did ask the wettest country in the world... I looked up a few places yet did not find any answers. You couldn't say the Hawaii because that is only part of the USA.. I would venture a guess that it is in the Amazon.. and Brazil would be my choice for wettest Country although it is quite a large country.
The amazon rainforest averages between 80 and 430 inches of rain a year depending on where you measure in the rainforest..
2006-07-12 08:03:07 · answer #2 · answered by huntnikk2000 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Far North of Australia, Guatemala, Panama, Costa Rica, Japan, Korea South, Korea North, El Savador, Mexico City, Cuba, Jamacia, Fiji, Noumea, Tahiti, China, Southern India, (Mumbai) Sri Lanka, New Zealand, North east of The U.S.A, Hawai. Those are the wettest places in The world.
2006-07-11 22:25:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The wettest spot on the planet is Mt. Waialeale on Hawaii's Kauai Island. It gets about 440 inches (39 feet) of rain per year!
2006-07-12 02:57:23 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, the wettest place is a lil state I like to call "Loser-Anna," where ya "lose yer Anna" on a long, dark, stormy night in a hurricane, get it? It might be our east neighbor, but it's nuthin' like the big TEXAS!
2006-07-12 03:31:05 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Pacific Ocean
2006-07-11 21:43:16 · answer #6 · answered by wicked jester 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
THE ANSWER IS -
1]THE PLACE WHICH GETS THE HIGHEST AMOUNT OF RAIN FALL IS "MAWSYNRAM "PRESENT IN "ASSAM "OF INDIA.[1252 CMS].
2]THE SECOND WETTEST PLACE IS "CHIRRAPUNJI"[1151].
OF INDIA.
WHEN IT COMES TO THE WETTEST COUNTRY OF WORLD IT IS" BRAZIL" OR THE AMAZON BASIN OF SOUTH AMERICA.
HAVE U GOT AN ANSWER FOR UR QUESTION.
2006-07-12 18:22:24 · answer #7 · answered by amey d 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The answer is pretty simple.Cheerapunji is the wettest place.It is located in India .
2006-07-11 22:06:43 · answer #8 · answered by Genius 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The island of Kauai, Hawaii. On the peak of the extinct volcano which comprises this island expect it to rain over 500 inches a year.
2006-07-11 21:46:13 · answer #9 · answered by the prof 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in terms of rainfall, Mt. Waialeale in Hawaii wins
2006-07-11 21:45:11 · answer #10 · answered by visionary 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋