define rain shadow area
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A rainshadow is a dry area on the leeward side of the mountainous area from the wind.... The mountains block the passage of rain producing weather system and cast a shadow dryness behind them....
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define rain shadow area?
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- rain shadow area is an area of dry land that lies on the leeward(or downwind) side of a mountain. High mountains act as barriers for cold or hot winds; they may also cause precipitation if they are high enough and lie in the path of rain-bearing winds. The leeward side of the mountains remains dry. (e.g )the eastern slope of the Western Ghats is the rain shadow area.
- A rain shadow is a dry area on the side of a mountain opposite to the wind. We call this dry side of the mountain the leeward side. If wind is approaching from the west, the rain shadow is on the east.
- The eastern side of the Sahyadri ranges on the Deccan Plateau including: Northern Karnataka and Solapur, Beed, Osmanabad, the Vidharba Plateau and the eastern side of Kerala and western Tamil Nadu in India. Gilgit and Chitral, Pakistan, are rain shadow areas.
➟Example of rain shadow area
An example of a rain shadow is Death Valley.
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