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Cherrapunji

Cherrapunji, also called Sohra, is a town on the southern edge of the Khasi Hills in Meghalaya, north-east India, overlooking the plains of Bangladesh. Monsoon winds rising against the hills give it one of the highest rainfalls on Earth, and it holds world records for rainfall in a year and in a month. It was the seat of a Khasi chiefdom, an early British station and from 1841 the base of Welsh missionaries.

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Cherrapunji. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/cherrapunji
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