Where is the least rainfall in the world? 5

The place with the least rainfall in the world is the Atacama Desert.

It's hard to imagine a drought lasting 400 years, but it did occur in parts of the Atacama Desert in Chile. These areas received the first rain in 1971 since the end of the 16th century. Arica, located at the northern end of the Atacama Desert, never rains.

It has become a well-known resort that is fed by piped water from the Andes.

The Atacama Desert, which stretches about 960 kilometres south from the border between Chile and Peru, is generally much higher than sea level, averaging 610 metres. It consists of a series of saline basins with few plants. Above:

Lake Salal San Maarten is one of the salt lakes found at the northern end of the Atacama Desert with little flora and fauna.

Why is the Atacama Desert so dry? This is partly due to the fact that the cold snap from Antarctica produces a lot of fog and clouds, but no rainfall; Part of the reason is that the Andes Mountains to the east act as a barrier to the moist air from the Amazon basin that can form rain clouds. Below:

Tsukiya probably hasn't rained in years.

The early inhabitants painted on the ground, using dark stones embedded in the sand to make animals, figures, and geometric shapes, the largest of which was the Atacama giant near Ikishi, which occupies a hillside up to 120 meters long, and no one knows what it was intended for. These paintings can be seen from a long distance, and even more clearly from the air.

On Earth, the least rainy human settlement is Aswan, Egypt, with only millimeters of annual precipitation.

The fewest places in the world are the Sahara Desert.

Where the most precipitation falls: Kirapunzi!

The Ganges River on the northern shore of the Bay of Bengal in South Asia.

Downstream and the lower reaches of the Brahmaputra River, i.e. Northeast India, Bangladesh.

This area is one of the most rainy areas in the world. Here due to the Indian Ocean.

The southwest monsoon brings a large amount of water vapour, resulting in a significant rainy period in June and September. Located in the northeastern Indian state of Assam, at an altitude of 1,313 meters above sea level on the southern slopes of the Kasi Hills on the south side of the Brahmaputra River. The Kasi Mountains run east-west, about 250 kilometers long and 1,500 meters high, and meet the Naga and Arakan Mountains in western Myanmar in a north-south direction at the eastern end, forming a wide funnel-shaped valley that opens to the south.

When the warm and humid southwest monsoon rushes into this valley, it is forced to rise, resulting in an astonishing amount of rainfall, with an average annual precipitation.

Up to 10,935 mm. It is recorded that it reached 20,447 mm in 1861 and is known as the "rain pole" or "wet pole" of the world. About 300 kilometres from the Bay of Bengal, Kirapunchi is a low-lying land that has become a lake during the rainy season when the river bursts.

Due to the warmer floods, the southwesterly airstream blows over the waterlogged lowlands before reaching the Cirapunci, which is saturated with a large amount of water vapor and causes the precipitation in Cirapunzi to increase dramatically.

The place with the most annual precipitation in China is located in the northeast of Taiwan Island, with an average annual precipitation of 6557 mm, of which the highest annual precipitation was measured in 1912, reaching an astonishing 8409 mm, which is the highest annual precipitation in China.

The place with the least annual precipitation is Tuoxun in the Tulu Basin, with an average annual precipitation of only millimeters, less than 10 days of annual precipitation, and no water in some years.

Middle school geography textbooks generally assume that the place with the least annual precipitation in China is in Tuoxun, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The annual precipitation is less than 50mm. The highest annual precipitation in China is Huoyaoliao in TW Province.

Arica The Atacama Desert in northern Chile is located between the Andes Mountains and the Pacific Ocean. Formed over millions of years, this desert is characterized by a narrow and long terrain, year-round drought and little rainfall, and salt and sand flying in all seasons. At the northern end of the desert there is a place called Arica, which is said to be the driest and longest-inhabited town in the world.

There is not only a special natural environment here, but also many strange natural and cultural landscapes brought by the environment. Don't think that the climate by the sea is necessarily humid and rainy. At the junction of the Pacific Ocean and the Atacama Desert, rain is almost never recorded.

However, there is a surprisingly high level of fog here, with more than 200 days a year covered in fog. Nets are an indispensable daily necessities for local residents, who not only use nets to catch fish, but more importantly, to get water. The first people to settle here discovered that two plants thrive well in the desert without rain because their branches and foliage can absorb the water they need from the mist.

This natural phenomenon has inspired fishermen who are at risk due to the scarcity of fresh water. They designed and gradually improved a fog trap net specifically designed to collect fog water. More than 100 of these nets are installed high up in each small fishing village, and each net can collect 170 litres of water in the foggy world.

This method is easy to implement and is conducive to environmental protection. On the way from the sea to Arica, an Indian tribe at the foot of the Andes Mountains is taking place, where an ancient religious ritual begging for rain is taking place.

The world's least annual precipitation is a tropical desert climate, that is, located in the western part of South America, the Atacama Desert, where the annual precipitation is only millimeters, and there has been no precipitation for 91 consecutive years, known as the world's "dry pole". Geographically, although the Atacama Desert is close to the Pacific Ocean, it is located on the leeward slope of the Andes, and the southeast trade winds blowing from the South American continent, even though they are rich in water vapor, are far from the high Andes.

In terms of the pressure zone, the latitude of the Atacama Desert is located in the subtropical recurrent high pressure zone, which is located in an extremely dry and hot area.

In terms of ocean currents, the Atacama Desert runs on the coast of the Peruvian cold current, which is characterized by both cold and dry, which cannot alleviate the dry and rainless conditions in the area.

In summary, under the combined influence of geographical location, subtropical high pressure zone and Peruvian cold current, the Atacama Desert has become the driest region in the world, forming a longitudinal and narrow desert belt with a length of about 1,000 kilometers from north to south.

Located at the southern foot of the Himalayas, the roof of the world, Kira Pongzi in the Indian state of Assami received 20,447 mm of rain in a year, winning the title of "extreme" rain in the world.

The world's "dry pole" is located in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile, known as the world's "dry pole", the climate of the region is extremely dry, often for several years without rainfall, is the world's driest and rainless place.