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Why does konkan coast receives orographic rainfall

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Answered by pankaj12je
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The Konkan Coast experiences orographic rainfall because the monsoon winds which blow over the Arabian Sea strike the western side of the Western Ghats resulting in heavy rainfall. By the time these winds reach the Eastern Ghats, they are already dry as they have already shed their moisture.
Answered by bratislava
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Why does konkan coast receives orographic rainfall

Explanation:

  • The Konkan coast lies to the west of the Indian coastline and is a rugged section of the coastal line and is geographically it extends over the Maharashtra and the goa and the Karnataka regions and is bounded by the Sahyadri in the Arabian Sea in the west. The largest city of the Konkona city s the Mumbai.
  • The presence of the mountain ranges blocks the winds that come from the oceans and they create a rain shadow zone of the development of the rainstorms have no rains in the eastern side as most of the rain on the western sides of the cost and thus the Konkan coast gets the orographic rainfall.

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