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Table 2 – Indian seasons
5. Distribution of Annual Rainfall
The distribution of average annual rainfall in India is shown in figure 13. A glance on this map indicates that the distribution of rainfall in India is uneven. On the basis of the distribution of rainfall, India can be divided into the following four regions as shown below in table 3.
Category | Rainfall in cms | regions |
Heavy Rainfall | More than 200 | Western coast, western ghats, sub-Himalayan region of north- east, Garo, Khasi and Jaintia hills of Meghalaya. In some parts, rain exceeds 1000 cm. |
Moderate rainfall | Between 100 to 200 | 100 cm isohyet extends from Gujarat to south up to Kanyakumari parallel to western |
ghats. Northern Andhra Pradesh, eastern part of Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, some parts of Jammu and Kashmir | ||
Low rainfall | Between 60 to 100 | Most parts of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, eastern Rajasthan, south-western Uttar Pradesh |
Inadequate rainfall | Less than 60 | Punjab, Haryana, north-western Rajasthan, Kachchh, Kathiawar |