Precipitation Pattern in India

             India can be divided into four regions depending upon the annual average rainfall received by these regions. 

Areas of Very High Rainfall (above 200 cm)

 

        It includes almost whole of Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikhim, parts of Manipur, West Bengal and the western coast from Thiruvananthapuram to Mumbai.

Areas of High Rainfall (100-120 cm)

        It includes Eastern slopes of Western ghat, major parts of Northern plain, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.

Areas of Low Rainfall (50-100 cm)

         It includes large parts of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Western Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Eastern Rajasthan etc.

Areas of Very Low Rainfall (below 50 cm)

      It includes arid and semi arid area and include large areas of Western Rajasthan, Kachchh and most of the region of Ladakh (Jammu and Kashmir).