Question

Mawsynram is famous for:
1. The world's highest frost
2. The world's highest rainfall
3. The world's highest snowfall
4. The world's highest temperature

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : The world's highest rainfall

The correct answer is The world's highest rainfall.

• Mawsynram is a town in the East Khasi Hills district of Meghalaya.
  • Mawsynram receives the highest rainfall in India.
  • It is reportedly the wettest place on Earth, with an average annual rainfall of 11,872 millimeters.

• Frost is a thin layer of ice on a solid surface that forms from water vapor in an above-freezing atmosphere coming in contact with a solid surface whose temperature is below freezing, and resulting in a phase change from water vapor (a gas) to ice (a solid) as the water vapor reaches the freezing point.
• Aomori City:
  • It is the snowiest place on earth.
  • It receives 312 inches of snowfall.
  • It is located at the highest peak of the Hakkoda Mountains.
  • It receives 26 feet of snow per year.
• The all-time highest temperature ever recorded is 134°F or 56.7°C on 10^th July 1913, at the Greenland Ranch in the Death Valley.