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The wettest and the driest places on the planet
The wettest and the driest places on the planet
The wettest and the driest places on the planet
The wettest and the driest places on the planet
The wettest and the driest places on the planet
The wettest and the driest places on the planet
The wettest and the driest places on the planet
The wettest and the driest places on the planet
The wettest and the driest places on the planet
The wettest and the driest places on the planet
The wettest and the driest places on the planet
The wettest and the driest places on the planet
The wettest and the driest places on the planet
The wettest and the driest places on the planet
The wettest and the driest places on the planet
The wettest and the driest places on the planet
The wettest and the driest places on the planet
The wettest and the driest places on the planet
The wettest and the driest places on the planet
The wettest and the driest places on the planet
The wettest and the driest places on the planet
The wettest and the driest places on the planet
The wettest and the driest places on the planet
The wettest and the driest places on the planet

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Emei Shan, China - Wettest - Average annual rainfall: 8,169 mm.

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Kukui-Maui, HI, USA - Wettest - Average annual rainfall: 9,293 mm.

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Mt Waialeale-Kauai, HI, USA -

Wettest - Average annual rainfall: 9,763 mm.

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Debundscha, Cameroon -

Wettest - Average annual rainfall: 10,299 mm.

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Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea - Wettest - Average annual rainfall: 10,450 mm.

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Cropp River, New Zealand -

Wettest - Average annual rainfall: 11,516 mm.

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Tutunendo, Colombia -

Wettest - Average annual rainfall: 11,770 mm.

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Cherrapunji, India -

Wettest - Actually, the world's second-most saturated spot. Average annual rainfall: 11,777 mm.

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Mawsynram, India -

Wettest - This is officially the wettest place in the world.
Average annual rainfall: 11,871 mm.

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Lloró, Colombia - Wettest - Unofficially the second-wettest place on Earth. Average annual rainfall recorded between 1952 and 1989: 12,717 mm.

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López de Micay, Colombia - Wettest - Unofficially the wettest place on the planet. Average annual rainfall recorded between 1960 and 2012: 12,892 mm.

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Death Valley, CA, USA -

Driest - Average annual rainfall: 25 mm, as per the National Park Service.

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Aoulef, Algeria - Driest - Annual average rainfall: 12.19 mm.

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Pelican Point, Namibia - Driest - Average annual rainfall: 8.13 mm.

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Iquique, Chile - Driest - Average annual rainfall: 5.08 mm.

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Wādī Ḥalfā, Sudan -

Driest - Average annual rainfall: 2.45 mm.

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Ica, Peru -

Driest - Average annual rainfall: 2.29 mm. 

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Luxor, Egypt - Driest - Average annual rainfall: 0.862 mm.

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Aswan, Egypt - Driest - Average annual rainfall: 0.861 mm.

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Kufra, Libya -

Driest - Average annual rainfall: 0.860 mm.

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Arica, Chile - Driest - This is the driest inhabited place in the world. Average annual rainfall: 0.761 mm.

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Atacama Desert, Chile -

Driest - This is the driest nonpolar place in the world, according to Our Planet.

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McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica -

Driest - This is the driest place on the planet. Average annual rainfall: 0 mm.

See also: These abandoned locations have been reclaimed by Mother Nature

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The wettest and the driest places on the planet

Where in the world does it rain and pour?

The wettest and the driest places on the planet

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27/09/21 | StarsInsider

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Where are the wettest places on the planet? And where on Earth are the driest?

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