what is meant by a rain Shadow area give an example and state the mountains responsible for the rain Shadow area
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A 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.
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The western ghats in India is an example of mountains causing rain shadow are.The moisture laden winds from the arabian sea branch shed most of its moisture on the western slopes of the western ghats due to which by the time they reach the eastern slopes of western ghats the winds have very less moisture left in them.Due to this region the decaan plateau region of india,parts of gujarat receive very less rainfall as they fall on leeward or rain shadow region of western ghats.