File:GBM monthly average precip.gif

Summary

animated .GIF illustrating average monthly precipitation values in the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna Basin (India, Nepal, China (Tibet), Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar)

Precipiation values from 30 arc-second World Clim global data set. Interpolated average precipitation from multiple sources. Data available at wordclim.org

Hijmans, R.J., S.E. Cameron, J.L. Parra, P.G. Jones and A. Jarvis, 2005. Very high resolution interpolated climate surfaces for global land areas. International Journal of Climatology 25: 1965-1978.

Note: while this file clearly illustrates the range in precipitation due to temporal distribution (monsoon climate) and unique orography of the region (Himalaya), extreme values may appear exaggerated due to limitations of the file format color representation and limitations of the underlying dataset.

Map produced by Water Diplomacy using QGIS and Adobe CS5

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