Answer the following questions in about 30 words.

What is meant by ‘bursting of monsoon’? Name the place of India which gets the highest rainfall.


Breaking or Bursting of monsoons refers to the sudden arrival of south-west monsoon in the country. It is associated with violent thunder and lightning. It arrives along the western coast of Kerala in the first week of June.

Mawsynram, located on the Khasi hills, records the highest annual rainfall in the country.


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