Nohkalikai - Waterfalls-Cheerapunji

Cheerapunji is a town in eastern kashi hills district, Meghalaya, India. It marked its remarkable presence in history by having highest rainfall region. It is considered as the 2nd wettest place in the world. Mawsynram is the village located near the cheerapunji, which is also in the kashi hills district, meghalaya. This Village is currently holds the wettest place title. This village listed in Guinness Book of world Records for receiving 26,000 millimeters of rainfall in 1985. The main cause of heavy rainfall in cheerapunji is its height from plains.
It is about a maximum of 1370m high and mostly the cloud burst will happen at this place. Experts say that it is orographic rainfall.Nohkalikai waterfalls is one of the tallest waterfalls in India. The major source of this waterfall is the rainwater collected on the submit. The elevation of this waterfall is about 335m. This waterfall is named after a women who lost her life for his daughter. There is a stairs that has been built back in 2005. It is considered as 4th largest waterfall in the world. Nohkalikai is over 1100 feet, sliding steeply and has formed a pool below its surface. It is about 53 kms from shillong. It is consider as one of the maximum tourist destination in meghalaya. See Nature! Feel Nature! and Enjoy Nature!.