Question: The highest annual precipitation occurs at which of the following place?
Options:
Canadian shield
Amazon Basin
Ganga Basin
Siberian Plains
The correct answer is Amazon Basin.
The easternmost coasts of latitudes from 35 ° to 40 ° north and south of the equator receive the highest rainfall.
The easternmost coasts of latitudes from 35 ° to 40 ° north and south of the equator receive the highest rainfall.
🔑Key Points:
The Amazon basin is in the equatorial region. Hence, it receives the highest annual rainfall.
The average annual rainfall here is 200 cm.
The coastal areas of the continents have moderate amounts of rainfall.
The rainfall is 50 to 100 cm in the central part of the tropical region and in the eastern and interior parts of temperate regions.