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	rediff.com: Believe it or not: drought haunts Cherrapunji
		For the residents of Cherrapunji, these months are the time when half their time is spent in collecting and storing water for daily use.
		The precipice where Cherrapunji sits was once covered with oak forests, and under this canopy there lived 250 varieties of orchids, 500 species of butterflies and tenacious variety of leech known as 'the buffalo'.
		Cherrapunji is perched on the edge of vertical fl cliff, with magnificent cascades bursting out, falling thousands of feet on to the jungle hill.
	www.rediff.com /news/2000/apr/24cherra.htm (1196 words)

	The Seattle Times: Nation & World: Town's people are sopping wet, but thirsty
		Cherrapunji receives an average of 37.5 feet of rain a year, a drenching that rots food, peels paint and has earned the area the dubious distinction of recording more annual rainfall than anywhere else on the planet other than an uninhabited peak on the Hawaiian island of Kauai.
		Cherrapunji is a cautionary tale of how governments can focus too much on elaborate dams and pipelines and neglect the natural resources right in front of it, Dasgupta said.
		Cherrapunji town is tucked into a forgotten corner of a remote chunk of India sandwiched among Bangladesh, China and Myanmar.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/nationworld/2001988064_wetindia25.html (1078 words)

	Cherrapunji - One Season, Hundred Moods
		Amidst all the surprises of Cherrapunji, perhaps the most abiding is the startling realization that the wettest place on earth where it rains every month also has an amazing amount of warm sunshine.
		Cherrapunji is 58 km from Shillong, the capital of Meghalaya.
		Buses and taxis ply to Cherrapunji from Shillong.
	www.indianvisit.com /unexplored/cherrapunji.htm (706 words)

	World's Wettest Area - Cherrapunji- Dries Up
		Cherrapunji residents are worried because the small town and the villages around it have received less and less rain over the years during monsoon.
		When I reached Cherrapunji earlier this month, I was shocked to find no rain or clouds anywhere on the way.
		Ten years ago, when my wife and I first visited Cherrapunji in early summer to escape the heat of the Assam plains, we drove on the road that gradually rises to the town through a picturesque landscape.
	www.indiaresource.org /news/2003/3923.html (769 words)

	Cherrapunji - LoveToKnow 1911
		CHERRAPUNJI, a village in the Khasi hills district of Assam.
		It is notable as having the heaviest known rainfall in the world.
		This excessive rainfall is caused by the fact that Cherrapunji stands on the edge of the plateau overlooking the plains of Bengal, where it catches the full force of the monsoon as it rises from the sea.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Cherrapunji (92 words)

	Cherrapunji,Tourism in Cherrapunji,Cherrapunji Tourism India,Cherrapunji India Tourism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Cherrapunji in the north eastern state of Meghalaya is a spectacular location with the year-round rain.
		Cherrapunji, the pristine land with ever-lasting beauty, is perhaps the only place in India, which has just one season - the monsoon.
		In fact, Cherrapunji oranges are the forefathers of the famous Nagpuri oranges in the Central India.
	www.north-east-india.com /meghalaya/cherrapunji.html (477 words)

	60Kph - Rides
		Cherrapunji is a quite town near the Indo - Bangladesh Border; it was the summer capital during the colonial rule.
		Mawsmai caves near Cherrapunji is an experience in itself, the limestone caves are well lit up by the Meghalaya Tourism, but if you want to thrill yourself more, climb up to the caves which are not lit up, they are guaranteed to spook you as one has to crawl their way in.
		Cherrapunji also receives the highest amount of rainfall in a year; Average rainfall in a year in Cherrapunji is 12063 mm (40 feet).
	www.60kph.com /rides/east/sublink3/cherra.htm (548 words)

	Cherrapunji India,Cherrapunji in India,Travel Destination Cherrapunji,Cherrapunji tourist places,Cherrapunji ...
		A stunning location which earned Cherrapunji coveted entry long ago into the Guinness Book of World Records as the wettest place on earth, the place of heaviest rain where the rainfall can be recorded in feet rather than in millimetres.
		Appropriately, Cherrapunji lies in the heart of the State of Meghalaya –; the Abode of Clouds.
		Cherrapunji is 58 kilometres from Shillong, the capital of Meghalaya.
	www.indiaprofile.com /destinations/cherrapunji.htm (1048 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Opinion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Under a cloud: life in cherrapunji, the wettest place on earth (Penguin, Rs 250) by Binoo K. John is a readable little book, the fruit of research and travel.
		John focuses on Cherrapunji and the nearby village of Mawsynram, and weaves together the past and the present to evoke not only a place, but also a varied human community and its ways of life.
		Cherrapunji’s chequered history is one of 19th-century evangelists and proselytization, the beginnings of education, the earthquake of 1897 and struggles with the colonizers.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1040326/asp/opinion/story_3044422.asp (405 words)

	Rediff On The NeT: When Cherrapunji runs dry
		Come September every year and tribesmen in Cherrapunji, the world's second wettest spot with average rainfall of 450 inches a year, begin to worry about a drought.
		For the residents of Cherrapunji, winter is when half their time is spent collecting and storing water for daily use.
		For the old man, Cherrapunji is no longer the place where it pours buckets although the met department continues to record a healthy 450 inches of rainfall annually, making the town the second wettest place on earth.
	www.rediff.com /news/1999/nov/19rain.htm (1212 words)

	World's wettest spot lacks water (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Cherrapunji village in India's northeast is known as the world's wettest spot with an average annual rainfall of about 1,200 centimetres.
		In the same peak season period during the last 10 years, the average rainfall in Cherrapunji has shot up by 1.6 percent to 212.75 cm.
		Experts say Cherrapunji was showing signs of desertification as incessant rains wash away the thin layer of soil, leaving very little topsoil in the village.
	news.webindia123.com /news/Articles/Features/20060314/277198.html (451 words)

	Extreme Climates 2: Wettest Place \| Weather \| Cherrapunji \| Monsoons \| Rain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Until recently it was thought that the volcanic peak Mt. Waialeale in Hawaii was the wettest but Cherrapunji, India is much wetter.
		Cherrapunji sees most of its rain during the monsoon season which last for four months.
		The city of Cherrapunji is 1290 meters above sea level so all that rain must come down.
	www.kidzworld.com /site/p1141.htm (335 words)

	The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 5 Num 9 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Cherrapunji, we are informed early on, is the wettest place on earth, receiving an average annual rainfall of about 12,000 millimetres from 1973 to 2001.
		This, to me, seems to be the heart of Cherrapunji, not the rains, and, although John may be unaware of it, the heart of his book as well.
		Cherrapunji, an hour and a half north of Shillong, appears as a wonderfully old-world and traditional corner of India, and John does a good job capturing its atmosphere of calm and tranquillity, far removed from the hustle and bustle of modern India.
	www.thedailystar.net /2004/06/05/d40605210280.htm (953 words)

	cherra1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Cherrapunji was the administrative capitol of Assam established by the British after the Khasi war and also the site of the headquarters of the Welsh Calvanistic Mission established by Thomas Jones in 1841.
		Cherrapunji (Sohra) Presbyterian Church.The oldest church building in the Ri Khasi built on the site of the first ever church destroyed by earthquake.
		Cherrapunji and Director of the Thomas Jones School of Mission and Evangelism.
	www.ycymro.supanet.com /cherra1.htm (202 words)

	The American Museum of Natural History - EarthBulletin - Storms - The World's Wettest Town
		Cherrapunji is about ten times as rainy as Seattle, which is one of the rainiest cities in the United States.
		In contrast, the annual average for rainfall in Cherrapunji, one of the highest in the world, is about 10 meters.
		The winds accumulate in the town of Cherrapunji, at the base of the Himalayas, which is the highest mountain region in the world.
	earthbulletin.amnh.org /C/3/4/index.html (225 words)

	Cherrapunji - Wikipedia
		Der durchschnittliche jährliche Niederschlag in Cherrapunji beträgt 11.430 mm.
		Cherrapunji erhält Niederschläge sowohl vom Südwest- wie vom Nordost-Monsun, wodurch es nur eine einzige Monsunzeit gibt.
		Cherrapunji liegt auf einer Meereshöhe von 1.370 Meter über NN auf der dem Wind zugewandten Seite der Khasi-Berge in dem Zweig des SW-Monsuns, der über den Golf von Bengalen und durch das Gangesdelta nach Indien eintritt.
	de.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cherrapunji (273 words)

	Gulfnews: 'Wet desert' a case study in environmental degradation
		Cherrapunji, in the northeastern state of Meghalaya (the "Land of Clouds"), is also, paradoxically, a "wet desert", and a case study in environmental degradation, deforestation and resource mismanagement.
		In Bangladesh, suffering from its worst flooding in 15 years, locals know only too well where all the water from Cherrapunji is ending up on their doorsteps.
		The air cools as rapidly as it rises, disgorging sheets of rain on to the escarpment at Cherrapunji.
	archive.gulfnews.com /articles/04/09/21/132760.html (425 words)

	The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Main News
		While the rest of the country received an above-average rainfall this year, the weatherman at Cherrapunji is disappointed that he has not recorded even average rainfall.
		Incidentally, Cherrapunji had recorded one of the lowest rainfalls, measured at 8139 mm, in 1986.
		After losing this position to Mawsynram for several years, Cherrapunji was once again declared the world's wettest place when it recorded 12,262 mm of rainfall in 2002 against 11,300 mm recorded at Mawsynram.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2003/20030824/main8.htm (604 words)

	Planning for Water : Sound Water Management Policies
		Listening to leading water experts from Southeast Asia discussing their future vision and strategy for water management recently in Manila, I was immediately reminded of the difference between Jaisalmer, a desert town, and the village of Cherrapunji.
		Cherrapunji, on the other hand, has always had such an abundance of rainfall.
		Now some agencies working in Cherrapunji are building structures of a kind that Rajasthanis have built for centuries.
	www.rainwaterharvesting.org /Crisis/Water_Planning.htm (804 words)

	Wettest place on earth
		The city of Cherrapunji is 1290 meters above sea level and much of the torrential rains run off the mountains into the valley below.
		The irrigation system for the town of Cherrapunji is insufficient to provide adequate amounts of clean, potable water from below during the dry season.
		Elevation: because of the elevation of Cherrapunji, air that blows over the plains below is cooled as it rises to the higher elevation.
	extremescience.com /wettest.htm (432 words)

	FACTFILE AND ADVANTAGES
		In Mawsynram the average rainfall is 1400 cms which is located on the crest on the southern range of Khasi hills.
		The sudden approach of the moisture laden winds is associated with violent thunder and lightening.This is known as "Break and Burst" of the monsoons.
		For a fair amount of rainfall in the Northern plains, it is essential that for the most part the axis of the monsoons trough should lie in the plain.
	members.fortunecity.com /geo_india/factfile2.htm (271 words)

	Penguin Books India > Press Release > Under a Cloud
		It is rain that has made Cherra famous, and Binoo's mission is to unravel the mystery behind the curious phenomenon which brings this area as much rain in three months as the rest of the country might not get in a whole year.
		But as he makes his way into each corner and crevice of Cherrapunji, he discovers that it is much more than the ‘wettest place on earth'.
		And he takes a quick and curious walk down the lanes of Cherra's chequered history—a story of nineteenth-century evangelists and proselytization, the beginnings of education, the fierce earthquake of 1897 which almost obliterated the town, and battles against the colonizers.
	www.penguinbooksindia.com /PressRelease/PR/65.asp (321 words)

	The Hindu : More than a rain story
		The "Great Rain Show" crucially begins at midnight, where there is "an aura of expectation and a soporific stillness in Cherrapunji"; a phenomenon that has cast a spell on locals, visitors, meteorologists and neighbouring Bangladesh (which bears the brunt of Cherra's "frothy cataracts") alike, and played out for three months.
		In fact, in 1873, a torrent of water is reported to have moved 250-tonne block of granite over a distance of 100 yards in a night.
		In the end, it's a journey well done, and for those of us, especially who live/ed in the hills, and who know what rain is all about, here is a welcome addition to the bookshelf.
	www.hindu.com /lr/2004/07/04/stories/2004070400070500.htm (1202 words)

	Khasi Hills, north-east India, pollution and deforestation blamed for environmental changes The WE ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Meghalaya enjoys the distinction of having two of the world’s wettest places — Cherrapunji and Mawsynram.
		SC Sahu, deputy director of the Central Meterological Department in Meghalaya’s capital, Shillong, says Cherrapunji received less rain in the whole of 2001 — only 363 inches — than it got in just one month in 1861.
		Between August 1860 and July 1861, Cherrapunji got a record 1042 inches of rain — a world record.
	www.thewe.cc /contents/more/archive/april2003/rise_in_deforestation.html (691 words)

	India Heritage :: Travel :: States & Capitals :: NORTH EAST :: MEGHALAYA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Located 1300 metres above sea Cherrapunji is famous as the second wettest place in the entire world today.
		The town was set up by the British and served as the headquarters of the north-eastern sectors.
		Cherrapunji is also famous for its orange honey and other luscious fruits.
	www.indiaheritage.org /travel/show_imp_cities.php?id=69 (392 words)

	The word: Cherrapunji - opinion - 05 November 2005 - New Scientist (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		With an average annual rainfall of 11 metres, the town of Cherrapunji in north-east India is 15 times as wet as London.
		Cherrapunji is bombarded with almost continuous torrential rain - but only for six months a year, usually April to September.
		Cherrapunji gets hit with so much water because of some fortuitous positioning.
	www.newscientist.com /channel/opinion/mg18825242.300-the-word-cherrapunji.html (295 words)

	:: MICE INDIA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		It is perhaps the only place in India, which has just one season: the monsoon.
		The faces of Cherrapunji change not with the seasons, but with the pattern of rainfall.
		Along with falls lesser in height but no less alluring, the spectacular, cascading 1,035-ft-high Mawsmai Falls-the fourth highest in India-lie just a few kilometers beyond Cherrapunji.
	www.mice-india.com /incentives-cherra.php (641 words)

	Delightful story of a wet land - Deccan Herald (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		It is as if the author throws his experiences against the realities of the place and we hear the echoes of a life lived in different circumstances, under different rules and in a different place.
		It tells us that a single day’s rain in Cherrapunji is nearly as much as the annual rainfall in Delhi, and more than the amount of rain London receives in a whole year.
		There are sound geographical and psychological reasons for this - something that the author underlines with the stories of the people who live there and carry on their business come rain or sunshine.
	www.deccanherald.com /deccanherald/may232004/br2.asp (501 words)

	Faucets of the problem \| Analysis \| Down To Earth magazine
		Though evident in many regions, Cherrapunji in the tiny Indian northeast hill state of Meghalaya, emerges as one such glaring instance of water scarcity following extensive local deforestation.
		So the fact that Cherrapunji is plagued by an acute water shortage half the year comes across as one of nature’s uglier ironies.
		Cherrapunji is yet to discover rainwater harvesting, common and successful in hill states like Mizoram.
	72.29.1.226 /downtoearth/full.asp?foldername=19990228&filename=anal&sid=2 (762 words)

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