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Rainfall in India is highly uneven over a period of time in a year. The western coasts and North East India receive rainfall of over 400 cm. It is less than 60 cms in western Rajasthan and adjoining parts of Gujarat, Haryana and Punjab. Similarly, rainfall is low in the interiors of the Deccan Plateau and east of Western Ghats. Then, Leh in Jammu and Kashmir is also an area of low precipitation.
The distribution of rainfall in India is as follows:
1. Rainfall is over 200 cm in South-west Assam, the mountainous of the Eastern and North-Eastern India excluding Manipur, areas flanking the Mahabar and Konkan Coast.
2. The whole of West Bengal (excluding Darjeeling hills and Duars), Bihar, Orissa, Eastern Madhya Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh, Eastern and Northern Uttar Pradesh, East Coastal Area of Tamil Nadu, the Southern Himachal Pradesh, and the South-Western Jammu and Kashmir have rainfall between 100 and 200 cm.
3. The areas having rainfall between 60 and 100 cm are the whole of Tamil Nadu excluding the coastal area, the Western and Central parts of Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra excluding the coastal areas, the major part of Karnataka, the Eastern parts of Gujarat, Haryana and the Punjab, Western part of Uttar Pradesh and Central parts of Kashmir.
4. Rainfall is between 40 and 60 cm in East Rajasthan, Central parts of Maharashtra and Karnataka, Western Gujarat and parts of Kashmir.
5. Rajasthan and North-West Kashmir have rainfall less than 20.
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Rainfall in India
Owing to the nature of monsoons, the annual rainfall is highly variable from year to
Distribution of rainfall
The western coast and northeastern India receive over about 400 cm of rainfall annually. However, it is less than 60 cm in western Rajasthan and adjoining parts of Gujarat, Haryana and Punjab. Rainfall is equally low in the interior of the Deccan plateau, and east of the Sahyadris.
Heavy rainfall region in India
Early in the season, the wind ward side of the Western Ghats receives very heavy rainfall, more than 250 cm. The maximum rainfall of this season is received in the north-eastern part of the country. Mawsynram in the southern ranges of the Khasi Hills receives the highest average rainfall in the world.
Moderate rainfall region in India
Regions with 100 to 200 cm of rainfall include major parts of Bihar, West Bengal, Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, and parts of other states. These areas fall under the Moderate Rainfall Region.
Low rainfall regions in India
Regions having low rainfall (50 to 100 cm) include parts Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana and Western Uttar Pradesh
Scanty rainfall regions in India