Panchgani a hill station situated on one of the mountains of the Satpura range is famous along with Mahabaleshwar throughout India for its heavy rainfall. It is the second place which receives the most rainfall in India.
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Usually after the hot and dry summers in June the moisture laden winds coming from the Arabian sea come and dash against the Western Ghats and condense to give rainfall. So usually it is orographic rainfall. It starts in the late June to the start of September .We do have sometimes drizzle at the end of this month. Once in a blue moon we do have hail storm in the middle of the season, but usually rain is the main form of precipitation.
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 This is how Panchgani usually looks during monsoon(with fog)
During this season the shopkeeper earn a good keep of money as there are many schools of boys and girls who give a large order of gumboots, raincoats, umbrellas etc. Usually when you come out here during this season it is very foggy.
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 These are our very own St.Peters boys playing football v/s the ex-students of St.Peters school recently.
The main event in each school at this time is football. Every boy or girl is seen playing football, let it be raining or not raining we like to play in the muck. When we finish our games everyone is covered with mud from head to toe. Especially the goalkeeper as he has to dive for the ball.
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The temperature range during this season is maintained at about 16o C to 27o C. Sometimes it even reaches 30oC. The humidity is maintained at about 90%. The rainfall average from June to September in 24 hrs for 2007 is 69mm and annually it is 1521mm
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 This ia how Panchgani looks during a thunderstorm.
During this time the surrounding is mostly wet. In our school most of the classes go for eco-camps at this time especially to make a trip to Lingmala and Venna lake in Mahabaleshwar.We also sometimes have thunderstorms and that also on hearing the thunder we feel as if our eardrums are going to blast.
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 This is the Bhilar waterfall in Panchgani.
Due to heavy rains there are many waterfalls formed, as there are many mountains. As Finland is called the country of thousand lakes Pannchgani during rainy season can be called a town of thousand of waterfalls.The main waterfall in Panchgani is the Bhilar waterfall.
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 This is a strawberry.
During this time there is usually fruits like mangoes, strawberry, guavas, custard apple, etc are found. Trees like pine trees, guava trees, mango trees, banana trees, sweet lime trees, jackfruit trees, jamul trees, eucalyptus trees, tulsi herbs, neem trees,etc.
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 This is a hornbill which migrates to India from Finland.
There are also animals like wild bisons, snakes,deers, rabbits, hornbill (it migrates to Panchgani from Finland), hyenahs, wolfs, foxes, cheetah (deep inside the forests).
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By-
Vipul.Haralkar(Leader)
Rishad.Francis
Abhijeet.Warule
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12/09/07 - Vipul Haralkar
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