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Average Annual Precipitation

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Global distribution of average annual precipitation

A map depicts the average annual precipitation worldwide. Highest precipitation areas (dark blue), are notably in western Brazil, Guinea, and Indonesia. Lowest precipitation (light blue) areas include northern Africa, Greenland, and central Australia.

Most of Asia, the southwestern and northeastern regions of North America, the western coastal region of South America, Iceland, the eastern and northwestern parts of Australia, and the extreme southern region of South Africa receive precipitation ranging from 10 to 19 inches shaded in light blue. Northern regions of Africa, Greenland, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, central Australia, and much of Russia, including its northern, southern, and eastern parts, receive around 10 inches of precipitation shaded in very light blue. Much of India, Nepal, eastern China, central Africa including Nigeria, Ethiopia, and Kenya, central North America, Mexico, and the eastern part of Canada receive 20 to 39 inches of precipitation. Central Africa and the eastern region of India, including South Asian regions, receive 40 to 59 inches of precipitation. Southern and southeastern Brazil, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Vietnam, and Japan receive 60 to 79 inches of precipitation. The western part of Brazil, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, the extreme northern region of Madagascar, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Costa Rica, and some regions in Central America receive over 80 inches of precipitation shaded in dark blue.

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Average Annual Precipitation						Religious Practitioners									Major Dams
80 and over inches	60–79 inches	40–59 inches	20–39 inches	10–19 inches	Under 10 inches	Agnostics	Buddhists	Chinese folk-religionists	Christians	Ethnoreligionists (Tribalists)	Hindus	Jews	Muslims	Sikhs	Agua Milpa	Agua Vermelha	Ahai	Akosombo Main Dam	Almatti	Altinkaya	Ataturk	Baise	Baishan	Bakun	Balbina	Bansagar Dam	Bersimis	Bhakra Dam	Bhumibol	Boa Esperanca	Boguchany	Bratsk	Brokopondo	Bui	Bukhtarma	Bureya	Buyo	Cahora Bassa	Caniapiscau Barrage	Capivara	Chardara	Chavantes	Cheboksary	Churchill Falls	Daniel Johnson	Danjiangkou	Daule Peripa	Denis-Perron	Dokan	Dongjiang	Dr. Gabriel Terra	Ear Falls Dam	Eastmain-1	El Cajon	El Chocon	El Infiernillo	Emborcacao	Ertan	Estreito	Farakka	Fengman	Fort Peck Dam	Foz do Areia	Furnas	Futaleufu	Gabbro Control Dam	Gandhi Sagar	Gardiner	Garrison Dam	Gilgel Gibe III	Gorky	Gouin	Goupitan	Grand Rapids	Guri	Haditha	Hendrik Verwoerd	High Aswan Dam	Hirakud	Hirfanli	Hoa Binh	Hoover	Hugh Keenleyside	Iguazu	Ilha Solteira	Irape	Irkutsk	Isle Maligne Spillway 1	Ita	Itaipu	Itaparica	Itumbiara	Jenpeg	Jinping I	Jurumirim	Kainji	Kakhovskaya	Kama	Kapchagay	Karakaya	Kariba	Karkheh	Karnafuli	Keban	Kenney	Kenyir	Khao Laem	Kossou	Krasnoyarsk	Kremenchug	Kuibyshev	Kumskaya	Kureiskaya	La Angostura	La Grande 2	La Grande 3	La Grande 4	La Vueltosa	Lagdo	Libby	Liujiaxia	Longtan	Longyangxia	Luis Eduardo Magalhaes	Manantali	Mangla	Manicouagan 3	Marimbondo	Mica	Mingechaur	Mosul	Murum	Nagarjuna Sagar	Nam Ngum	Netzahualcoyotl	Nierji	Nizhne-Kamskaya	Nova Ponte	Novosibrisk	Nuozhadu	Nurek	Oahe Dam	Opinaca	Outardes 4	Owen Falls	Pasak Chonlasit	Passes Dangereuses	Pedra do Cavalo	Piedra del Aguila	Pine Portage Main	Pong Dam	Porto Primavera	Presidente Aleman Temascal	Promissao	Pubugou	Pukaki Canal Inlet Dam	Quedas do Ruacana	Rajjaprabha	Rapides des Quinze	Raza Dike	Revelstoke	Rihand	Rogun	Rybinsk	Salto Grande	Salto Santiago Main Dam	Sanhezha	Sanmenxia	Sao Simao	Saratov	Sardar Sarovar	Sayano-Shushenskaya	Serra da Mesa	Serra do Facao	Sheksna	Shiroro	Shuifeng	Silvan	Sirikit	Sobradinho Main Dam	Son La	Srinagarind	Srisailam	Structure 193	Suorvadammen	Tabqa	Tainionkoski	Tarbela	Tekeze	Temengor	Thartar	Three Gorges Dam	Tianshengqiao 1	Toktogul	Toledo Bend	Tres Irmaos	Tres Marias	Tsimliansk	Tucurui	Ukai	Ust-Ilim	Ust-Khantaika	Ust-Srerdnekanskaya	Vargon	Verkhne-Svirskaya	Verkhne-Tulomskaya	Vilyui	Volgograd	Votkinsk	W.A.C. Bennett	Whitesand Rapids	Xiangjiaba	Xiaolangdi	Xiaowan	Xilodu	Xinan Jiang	Xinfengjiang	Yacyreta	Zeya	Zhelin
	93.2%	8.15%	7.96%						95.0%
21.3%	6.84%	5.04%	6.94%	9.54%	78.4%				99.3%		85.5%		100%
9.19%	12.4%	24.4%	5.39%						97.0%																																																																																																																																																			1
				44.9%	56.1%								99.8%																						1						1																																																										1																																										1																						1																															1
15.4%	8.42%	13.3%	21.5%	38.2%	22.1%	60.3%	97.3%	21.4%	97.3%	96.8%	99.4%		16.4%				1					1	1																							1				1								1			1												1																					1																											1	1	1													1				1															1												1	1									1															1	1																			1	1	1	1	1	1			1
		50.7%	3.38%	41.2%	34.7%				99.3%				73.8%																		1	1				1							1																												1																1											1											1		1	1	1																	1							1		1																									1						1		1			1																							1			1	1	1		1	1	1	1	1										1
9.49%	5.30%	26.9%	48.4%	27.2%	3.12%				97.8%				32.0%																																																																																				1													1																																																																											1		1																	1
4.87%	32.5%	20.2%	12.8%	8.70%	13.9%				98.9%		49.0%		1.61%			1									1					1			1							1		1					1				1			1	1		1		1				1	1	1										1									1	1	1			1	1	1	1			1																							1						1				1										1										1	1			1		1											1	1			1				1	1						1																1	1		1																			1
	1.33%	7.40%	18.1%	16.2%	5.81%				99.3%						1												1												1					1	1			1				1	1			1						1				1		1	1			1		1								1	1					1					1												1									1	1	1	1			1							1		1						1							1	1	1			1			1			1						1		1																							1											1															1	1
1.73%	12.2%	22.2%	33.9%	21.9%	44.2%		82.1%		2.59%	2.66%	83.1%		27.7%	1.69%					1							1		1																																1							1												1																								1																							1							1																		1											1									1												1					1												1
22.8%	28.3%	11.7%					89.9%		32.1%	65.7%			62.3%											1					1																																																				1																									1	1																									1		1												1												1																					1		1	1								1
		2.08%	21.2%	20.4%	72.6%				17.3%			59.7%	99.7%							1	1																												1																											1		1		1																				1		1		1																											1																													1																		1								1					1
15.1%	35.1%	28.7%	30.9%	22.4%	36.0%				74.3%	26.4%			73.9%					1																1			1	1																																1							1																			1					1							1											1						1																				1												1																			1													1

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