Debundscha is a village in the Southwestern Region, of the republic of Cameroon

Cameroon

Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon , is a country in west Central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Cameroon's coastline lies on the...

. It is found at the foot of the Mount Cameroon

Mount Cameroon

Mount Cameroon is an active volcano in Cameroon near the Gulf of Guinea. Mount Cameroon is also known as Cameroon Mountain or Fako or by its native name Mongo ma Ndemi ....

,at its south western slope, directly facing the south Atlantic

Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about , it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area...

 ocean on the Cameroon coast.

Debundscha has been popular, for been the wettest town on the African continent due to the super heavy annual rainfalls it receives, but rainfall records have placed it behind the town of Ureka, on the island of Bioko

Bioko

Bioko is an island 32 km off the west coast of Africa, specifically Cameroon, in the Gulf of Guinea. It is the northernmost part of Equatorial Guinea with a population of 124,000 and an area of . It is volcanic with its highest peak the Pico Basile at .-Geography:Bioko has a total area of...

 in Equatorial Guinea

Equatorial Guinea

Equatorial Guinea, officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea where the capital Malabo is situated.Annobón is the southernmost island of Equatorial Guinea and is situated just south of the equator. Bioko island is the northernmost point of Equatorial Guinea. Between the two islands and to the...

, Ureka receives about 10,450 millimeters (418 ins) of rainfall annually, making it the wettest place in Africa

Africa

Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...

, this is followed closely by Debundscha, coming second with an annual rainfall of about 10,299 millimeters (411.9 ins) in overall rainfall average in Africa.

The village of Debundscha is included among five rainiest places in the world which includes Lloró

Lloró

Lloró is a municipality and town in the Chocó Department, Colombia. It holds the world record for highest average annual precipitation, estimated at 523.6 inches . If accurate, that would make it the wettest place in the world. The Spanish verb llorar "to cry" can also be used as a metaphor for...

, Mawsynram

Mawsynram

Mawsynram is a village in the East Khasi Hills district of Meghalaya state in north-eastern India, 56 kilometers from Shillong. It is reportedly the wettest place on Earth, with an annual rainfall of...

, Mount Waialeale

Mount Waialeale

Mount Waialeale at an elevation of , is a shield volcano and the second highest point on the island of Kauai in the Hawaiian Islands. Averaging more than of rain a year since 1912, with a record in 1982, its summit is one of the rainiest spots on earth....

 and Cherrapunji

Cherrapunji

Cherrapunji , is a subdivisional town in the East Khasi Hills district in the Indian state of Meghalaya. It is credited as being the second wettest place on Earth...

, with each of them receiving over 10,000 millimeters (400 ins) of rain annually.

Climate

Debundscha's proximity to the Equator, which is hot and humid throughout the year, gives Debundscha a continuous rainy season and a short dry season in a year. Debundscha is located on the coast and Mount Cameroon behind the town intercepts warm moist ocean winds to supply Debundscha with abundant rainfall throughout the year.

Rainfall

Debundscha's coastal location with the giant Mount Cameroon behind it, a giant mountain massive rising from the coast of the South Atlantic ocean to a height of about 4095 metres (13,435 ft) above sealevel. results in an almost all year round rainy season, with little dry season breaks.

Mount Cameroon has a profound influence on the climate of Debundscha. Orographic cloud building activities on the mountain supply most of Debundscha's precipitation. As warm moist air masses from the South Atlantic ocean meet the mountain at the coast and are forced to rise adiabatically, rapid cooling of the warm Atlantic airmass causes condensation of the water vapour in the airmass, increasing as the airmass rises up Mount Cameroon, and leads to heavy cloud building and heavy rainfall on and around the mountain.

The rain falls on the ocean-facing south-western slope of Mount Cameroon and on Debundscha, at the foot of this slope.

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