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title: "The wettest place in the world"  
description: "A short explanation of the world's wettest place Mawsynram"  
author: "Anjita D."  
published: 2023-10-04  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/2771/the-wettest-place-in-the-world  
category: "animals"  
tags: ["Mawsynram", "facts", "general knowledge"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# The wettest place in the world

![The wettest place in the world](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/cacf56c0-88e5-4fe4-97d9-d8fcffa65746/images/a6d58ed7-00c7-403d-b0d6-d4baee9ba09c.jpeg) ![The wettest place in the world](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/cacf56c0-88e5-4fe4-97d9-d8fcffa65746/images/889cea1a-e046-4e57-a97d-a7b8b102728d.jpeg) Mawsynram is the world's wettest location. ![The wettest place in the world](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/cacf56c0-88e5-4fe4-97d9-d8fcffa65746/images/6be27f4b-9519-4e52-bc47-12c570795d08.jpeg) A village in the Meghalaya state's East Khasi Hills district in north-eastern India. ![The wettest place in the world](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/cacf56c0-88e5-4fe4-97d9-d8fcffa65746/images/2c0e6da4-9087-47c8-9434-51f72ceac3e4.jpeg) It receives 11,871 millimeters (467.4 inches) of rain per year on average. ![The wettest place in the world](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/cacf56c0-88e5-4fe4-97d9-d8fcffa65746/images/4f97962b-b7be-4844-926b-4e5e2e57a6b3.jpeg) One of the main reasons for Mawsynram's excessive rainfall is its location in Bangladesh and the Bay of Bengal. ![The wettest place in the world](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/cacf56c0-88e5-4fe4-97d9-d8fcffa65746/images/c9bf0682-ff5d-468c-83a6-8f72df466d46.jpeg) Mawsynram people have adapted to the rainy climate by building dwellings with sloping roofs, and covering crops & cattle with bamboo and reed mats.

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