Whenever people in India ask for wettest / Rainiest places they only
know Cherrapunji or Mawsynaram or Agumbe. In these series, you
will come to various places which i have identified to be wettest places
of India. This series will be published every weekly. If you are fan of
Heavy Rains and want to know more than Cherrapunji. Please Read it. Its
only a compilation of data from various sources / articles / research
materials.
The Eravikulam National Park is situated in the high ranges of Southern
Western Ghats of Idukki district, Kerala, having an elevation up to 2695
mts with an average base elevation of 2000mts. The nearest town is
Munnar. The park has the highest peak in South India, Anamudi, scaling
to 2695mts and is located in this park. Rajamalai is the headquarters of
the park, and is located 16 km from Munnar. There is a motorable road
up to Rajamalai. Rajamalai is also known for its heavy rainfall. Here we
will analyze the last 10 years rainfall in Rajamalai and the data
reveal it is one of the few stations which get very heavy rainfall in
this world.
The park is represented by undulating terrain flanked on all sides by moderate to steep slopes. The major terrain types are slopes (low to steep), flat mountain tops and valleys (water logged and well drained). The main body of the Park is comprised of a high rolling plateau, with a base elevation of about 2000m. Most of the knolls and peaks on the plateau rise 100 to 300m above it. The main plateau area is split roughly in half from northwest to southeast by the Turner’s Valley. The southern fringe of the Park is mostly precipitous with broken cliffs descending from Anamudi, Umayamala and surrounding massifs. In contrast to the sustained and extremely steep escarpment along the eastern fringe of the Nilgiri plateau, the plateau fringe in the Eravikulam area is generally less steep with cliffs often grading into rock slabs with numerous brakes of grassland, shrubs or forests. Only along the west-facing crust between Kattumalai and Kumarikkalmalai, does the edge of the plateau resemble that of the Nilgiri plateau in this regard. In addition, cliffs are usually not abrupt, but rounded both horizontally and vertically. Where exposed, the rock usually has an irregular surface with numerous small dikes and discontinuities.
More on Rainfall data of Rajamalai visit
http://tamilnaduweatherman.blogspot.in/2013/07/indias-wettest-places-rajamalai-kerala.html
See also previous series
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