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Local recycling of moisture via wetlands and forests high in North-East India

Floods in Brahmaputra greatly increases the surficial water availability in low lying floodplains and wetlands, promoting enhanced recycling via evaporation.

Akash Ganguly

Harsh Oza

Virendra Padhya

Amit Pandey

Swagatika Chakra

Posted on 21 Jan, 2023 09:49 AM

North-East India, home to the wettest place on the planet (Mawsynram), is a major biodiversity hotspot.

The region with its vast wetlands and forest cover is akin to the Amazon (Image: Ashwin Kumar, Wikimedia Commons)

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