rain shadow
/ˈreɪn ʃædəʊ/noun
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noun
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[C, usually singular] technical
an area on the side of a mountain or range of mountains that faces away from the wind and gets very little rain, because the clouds lose their rain on the other side
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- Much of the Deccan Plateau lies in the rain shadow of the Western Ghats.
- Leh is dry because it is in the rain shadow of the Himalayas.
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General knowledge
Moist winds rise and drop their rain on the windward side of a mountain, while the leeward side stays dry and forms the rain shadow area.
नम हवाएँ पर्वत के windward (पवनाभिमुख) ढलान पर ऊपर उठकर वर्षा कर देती हैं, जबकि leeward (पवनविमुख) ढलान सूखा रह जाता है और rain shadow क्षेत्र बनता है।