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| Distribution of Annual Rainfall |
The average annual rainfall in India is about 125 cm; however, there is large spatial variation in actual rainfall due to relief or topography, distance from sea etc. This can be better understood in Figure.
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Category |
Region |
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Areas of High Rainfall (>200cm) |
Areas along the west coast, on the
Western Ghats, sub-Himalayan areas in the north east and the hills of
Meghalaya, Brahmaputra valley and the adjoining hills |
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Areas of Medium Rainfall
(100-200cm) |
southern parts of Gujarat, east
Tamil Nadu, north eastern Peninsula covering Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar,
eastern Madhya Pradesh, northern Ganga plain along the sub-Himalayas and the
Cachar Valley and Manipur. |
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Areas of Low Rainfall (50-100cm) |
Western Uttar Pradesh, Delhi,
Haryana, Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir, eastern Rajasthan, Gujarat and Deccan
Plateau |
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Areas
of Inadequate Rainfall (<50cm) |
Parts
of the Peninsula, especially in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Maharashtra,
Ladakh and most of western Rajasthan |
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