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October 19, 2013

Driest and Wettest Inhabited Places in the world: General Knowledge

DRIEST INHABITED PLACES
(Rain fall in inches per year)
1)
Aswan, Egypt 0.02"
2)
Luxor, Egypt 0.03"
3)
Arica Desert, Chile 0.04"
4)
Ica, Peru 0.1"
5)
Antofagasta, Chile 0.2"
6)
El Minya, Egypt 0.2"
7)
Asyut, Egypt 0.2"
WETTEST INHABITED PLACES
(Rain fall in inches per year)
1)
Buenaventira, Colombia 267"
2)
Monrovia, Liberia 202"
3)
Pagp Pago, American Samoa 198"
4)
Moulein, Burma (Myanmar 192"
5)
Lae, Papua New Guinea 183"
6)
Baguio, Philippines180"
7)
Sylhet, Bangladesh 178"

Hottest, Coldest, Driest, Wettest
1)
Hottest Place Dalol, Denakil Depression, Ethiopia, annual average temperature (93.2°F, 34°C)
2)
Coldest Place Plateau Station, Antarctica, annual average temperature (-56.7°C)
3)
Wettest Place Mawsynram, Assam, India, annual average rainfall (11,873 mm, 467.4")
4)
Driest Place Atacama Desert, Chile, imperceptible rainfall on a yearly basis

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