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(Contd.)
Veraval 7.787 0.2087 0.50 0.8908
Average for the zone 3.974 0.1647 0.15 0.7327
Eastern Zone Agarthala 8.097 0.1177 0.50 0.8191
Kolkata (Dumdum) 5.940 0.1150 0.15 0.9241
Gauhati 7.206 0.1157 0.75 0.9401
Jarsuguda 8.596 0.1392 0.75 0.8740
Average for the zone 6.933 0.1353 0.50 0.8801
Southern Zone Bangalore 6.275 0.1262 0.50 1.1280
Hyderabad 5.250 0.1354 0.50 1.0295
Chennai 6.126 0.1664 0.50 0.8027
Trivandrum 6.762 0.1536 0.50 0.8158
Average for the zone 6.311 0.1523 0.50 0.9465

Extreme point rainfall values of different durations and for different return periods
have been evaluated by IMD and the iso-pluvial (lines connecting equal depths of
rainfall) maps covering the entire country have been prepared. These are available for
rainfall durations of 15 min, 30 min, 45 min, 1 h, 3 h, 6 h, 9 h, 15 h and 24 h for return
periods of 2, 5, 10, 25, 50 and 100 years. A typical 50 year–24 h maximum rainfall
map of the southern peninsula is given in Fig. 2.21. The 50 year-l h maximum rainfall

Fig. 2.21 Isopluvial Map of 50 yr-24 h Maximum Rainfall (mm)

(Reproduced with permission from India Meteorological Department)
Based upon Survey of India map with the permission of the Surveyor General of India, © Government of
India Copyright 1984
The territorial waters of India extend into the sea to a distance of 200 nautical miles measured from the
appropriate baseline
Responsibility for the correctness of the internal details on the map rests with the publisher.