What is the wettest place in the world?

 

The locals know Chira Punji as Sohra. It is the second wettest place in the world

What is the wettest place in the world?

 Some may call it the Marina Trench, the deepest place in the ocean, with about 10,000 meters of water above it. But when it comes to the wettest place on earth, the answer is not so simple.

India's Guinness Book of World Records lists Massan Ram in Meghalaya as the wettest place in the world. 

Due to the Bay of Bengal it is a very humid place which is a mountainous area at an altitude of 1491 meters. The average annual rainfall is 871 11 mm. 

The area is also lush green with enchanting valleys and a series of attractive mountain caves beneath the waterfalls that fall from it. 

Just 10 miles away is the well-known Chira Poonji in the east. 

Record rain in Sohra

India's Guinness Book of World Records lists Masan Ram in Meghalaya as the wettest place in the world.

The locals know Chira Punji as Sohra. It is the second wettest place in the world.

The average rainfall here is less than 100 mm. However, many times (over a few months and years) the world becomes a place of humidity.

In July 1861, nine thousand three hundred millimeters of rain was recorded here. Chira Punji has received a record rainfall of 26,470 mm since last August. 

Meghalaya has two of the highest rainfall in the world. This whole area is always surrounded by clouds.

Here people always carry a locally made umbrella, called a canopy, to protect the body from the rain and keep it working even during the rain. 

Most of their time there is spent repairing damaged roads and building new ones. 

Hard life

Bridges are also made by placing bamboo between the roots of trees and flexible trunks

Due to continuous heavy rains, cultivation in this area is almost impossible. In such cases, people wrap the dry goods in tarpaulin and take them for sale in the markets.

There are also significant difficulties in preserving bridges built in the area where the traditional equipment used soon decays. To deal with this situation, people have to build bridges by tying the roots of trees together. 

In India, rubber trees are very strong and their roots are very flexible. Through it the locals cross rivers and canals. In addition, bamboo bridges are built. 

Bridges are also made by placing bamboo between the roots of trees and flexible trunks. These bridges remain even after the bamboo has withered. A bridge like this takes up to 10 years to complete.

But such bridges can last for hundreds of years. One such bridge in this area is said to be five hundred years old.

Nestled between hills, this area is historically known for having the heaviest rainfall in the world. But for some time now it has been said that the wettest region in the world could be anywhere else.

The Columbia Challenge

About 90% of Mass Ram's record rainfall falls in just six months

These two places in Meghalaya are being challenged by two places in Colombia but technically they cannot be compared with the two places in India. 

The town of Lairo, in northwestern Colombia, recorded an annual rainfall of 13,473 mm between 1952 and 1954. This is more than the average rainfall in Massan Ram. 

But the scales currently used to measure rainfall are no longer considered accurate. According to renowned meteorologist Christopher C. Burt, Colombia's Puerto Lopez is the wettest place in the world.

"In fact, the wettest place in the world is Puerto Lopez in Colombia, with an average rainfall of 892-12 mm," he says. According to Burt, rainfall has been measured here for the past 50 years, 

but some months and years in between are missing.

Thus, the rainfall figures for Puerto Lopez are incomplete. Therefore, the statistics of places that have been compiled for the last 30 years cannot be compared.

"Based on the amount of time available and the amount of time available throughout the year, I can confidently say that Puerto Lopez usually receives more rain than Masson Ram," says Burt. 

The city of Colombia receives rain all year round because it is located in the Andes Mountains. 

Why is it raining so much?

The city of Colombia receives rain all year round because it is located in the Andes Mountains

"There is a constant pressure from the Atlantic Ocean, and this pressure is stopped by the mountains, which causes a lot of rain in Puerto Lopez," says Burt. I think on average it rains more than 320 days a year. It rains evenly here every year.

There is one thing that needs to be addressed. That is the difference between average rainfall and maximum rainfall. 

In just two days, India recorded the heaviest rainfall. In the summer of 2014, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) reported that Chira Punji received 2493 mm of rainfall on June 15 and 16, 1995.

About 90% of Mass Ram's record rainfall falls in just six months. That is, between May and October. It rains the most in July. It receives an average of 3500 mm of rainfall this month. 

There is very little rainfall between December and February. Although it is one of the wettest and wettest regions in the world, its people are in dire need of clean drinking water.