Does the rain in Spain fall mainly on the plain?
No, the rain in Spain does not fall mainly on the plain. According to statistics from the Spanish Instituto Nacional de Meteorología (National Weather Institute) for 2005, the rain in Spain falls mainly in the north and north-west (primarily mountainous regions). In 2005 (a drought year, by the way), rainfall for the North-NW regions was 1162.8 mm/m2. The “plains”, which could be considered the areas of influence of the major rivers, had much less rain, thus, average rainfall for these plains were: Duero, 456.7 mm; Tagus, 391.7 mm; Guadalquivir, 358.4 mm; all of these below even the average for the peninsula on the whole: 491.4. So, no, the rain in Spain does not fall mainly on the plain.
