Arab Weather - Rainfall varies around the world. There are places where the number of rainy days does not exceed the fingers of one hand, while on the other hand there are places on planet Earth where there is no day without rainfall throughout the year. These are six of these places.
- Borneo Island in Malaysia, and due to its proximity to the equator, the average annual rainfall in its rainforests reaches 5000 millimeters per year.
- The Milford Track in New Zealand is considered one of the areas with the highest rainfall, averaging 6000 to 8000 millimeters per year.
- Yakushima Island in Japan. Due to the constant rainfall on the island, it is characterized by a dense cover of plants and trees, and the annual rainfall rate varies between 4000 and 10000 millimeters.
- The mountains of the Hawaiian Islands act as barriers against clouds coming from the ocean. Due to the moisture that forms in the atmosphere as a result of the heat of the volcanic mountains, the conditions for the formation of rain are always favorable, which makes the mountain slopes form waterfalls of rainwater, and the annual average reaches 11,200 millimeters.
Cherrapunjee in India is considered one of the wettest places in the world with an annual rainfall rate exceeding 11,400 millimeters.
Chocó, in northeastern Colombia, is a region overlooking the Pacific Ocean. It has recorded an average rainfall of 13,000 millimeters per year and is considered one of the places that are candidates to be the highest point of rainfall on this planet. It is a region of forests and a tropical climate, a combination that allows for the availability of biological resources.
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