Parts of Rajasthan ,Gujarat and leeward side are drought prone . Give reason why
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Parts of Rajasthan, Gujarat and the leeward side of the Western Ghats are drought prone because they receive scanty rainfall. By the time they reach Rajasthan and Gujarat there is very less moisture left in these winds and so these areas are drought prone.
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Western Rajasthan and part of Gujarat are desert type regions with extreme climate. Intense thermal heating makes the desert land very dry.
The Arabian Sea branch runs parallel to Aravallis, providing no barriers to the clouds, leaving it again a dry region.
The Bay of Bengal branch is unable to reach up to western part and in winters even western disturbances also hardly give any rains to this region.
The leeward side of the Western Ghats also lies in the rainshadow of S.W. monsoon.
With the result, regions lying at the same latitude are unable to receive rains, if they are on the leeward side of the Western Ghats.