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Thursday, August 30, 2007

Did You Know The 25 -Est In The World: #15 The Place Of Highest Annual Precipitation

The Wettest place on earth is situated on one of Hawaiian Island called Mt. Wai'ale'ale, Kaua'i.

Picture from: Pacific Island Reservations

The weather station there is 1,569 m high and records an average 11,684 mm to 13,000 mm rainfall per annum. Other wet places includes Mt. Tutenendo and Lloro, Columbia; Cherrapunji and Mawsynram, India. All exceeding 10,000 mm annual rainfall.

Picture from: About.com


Picture from: dkimages

Read more: Dan Suri or The Nature Conservancy

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