| 41. | Ladakh is a high altitude desert as the Himalayas create a rain shadow, generally denying entry to monsoon clouds.
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| 42. | The desert is quite windy as well, a result of the rain shadow effect and descending cool mountain air.
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| 43. | The river basin lies in the rain shadow region of Eastern Ghats and receives 500 mm average rainfall annually.
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| 44. | Many deserts are formed by rain shadows, as mountains block the path of moisture and precipitation to the desert.
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| 45. | The driest parts of Atacama Desert are located east of the range due to the rain shadow produced by it.
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| 46. | The Lyngen Alps are sufficiently high as to give rain shadow in the interior lowland areas east of the mountains.
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| 47. | Skj�k in Oppland county is also in the rain shadow and is one of the driest places with precipitation annually.
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| 48. | Valleys in the east have lower rainfall because the Allegheny mountain ridges to the west create a partial rain shadow.
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| 49. | The region mostly consists of low rolling hills and wide valleys in a rain shadow area near the Blue Mountains.
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| 50. | Areas to the northeast of the mountains are located in a rain shadow and receive as little as of precipitation.
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