World Travel Almanac

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Top 10 List:

The World's Wettest Places

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This is a list of the inhabited places with the highest total annual rainfall.

 

Location, Country

Total Rainfall

 

1.

Lloro, Colombia

13, 299 mm

523 inches

2.

Mawsynram, India

11,872

467

3.

Mt Waialeale, Kauai, Hawaii, USA

11,684

460

4.

Cherrapuni, India

10,795

425

5.

Debundscha, Cameroon

10,287

405

6.

Quibdo, COlombia

8,991

354

7.

Bellenden Ker, Queensland, Australia

8,636

340

8.

Andagoya, Colombia

7,137

281

9.

Henderson Lake, British Colombia, Canada

6,502

256

10.

Crkvica, Bosnia

4,648

183