Editing Rain shadow (section)

===Asia===
====Central and Northern Asia====
* The [[Himalayas]] and connecting ranges also contribute to arid conditions in [[Central Asia]] including [[Mongolia]]'s [[Gobi]] desert, as well as the [[Semi-arid climate|semi-arid]] steppes of Mongolia and north-central to north western China.{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}
* The [[Verkhoyansk Range]] in eastern [[Siberia]] is the coldest place in the [[Northern Hemisphere]], because the moist southeasterly winds from the [[Pacific Ocean]] lose their moisture over the coastal mountains well before reaching the [[Lena River]] valley, due to the intense [[Siberian High]] forming around the very cold continental air during the winter. One effect in the [[Sakha Republic]] (Yakutia) is that, in [[Yakutsk]], [[Verkhoyansk]], and [[Oymyakon]], the average temperature in the coldest month is below {{convert|-38|°C}}. These regions are synonymous with extreme cold.{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}

====Eastern Asia====
* The [[Ordos Desert]] is rain shadowed by mountain chains including the Kara-naryn-ula, the Sheitenula, and the [[Yin Mountains]], which link on to the south end of the [[Great Khingan Mountains]].
* The central region of [[Myanmar]] is in the rain shadow of the [[Arakan Mountains]] and is almost semi-arid with only {{convert|750|mm|in|0}} of rain, versus up to {{convert|5.5|m|in|-1}} on the [[Rakhine State]] coast.
* The plains around Tokyo, Japan – known as [[Kantō Plain|Kanto plain]] – during winter experiences significantly less precipitation than the rest of the country by virtue of surrounding mountain ranges, including the [[Japanese Alps]], blocking prevailing northwesterly winds originating in Siberia.

====Southern Asia====
[[File:Ghat satellite view.jpg|thumb|230px|The eastern regions of the [[Western Ghats]] lie in a rain shadow, receiving far less rainfall.]]
* The eastern side of the [[Sahyadri]] ranges on the [[Deccan Plateau]] including: [[Vidarbha]], [[North Karnataka]], [[Rayalaseema]] and western [[Tamil Nadu]].{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}
* [[Gilgit]] and [[Chitral]], Pakistan, are rainshadow areas.
* The [[Thar Desert]] is bounded and rain shadowed by the [[Aravalli Range|Aravalli]] ranges to the southeast, the Himalaya to the northeast, and the Kirthar and Sulaiman ranges to the west.{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}
*The [[Central Highlands of Sri Lanka]] rain shadow the northeastern parts of the island, which experience much less severe [[Monsoon of South Asia|summer monsoon]] rains and instead have precipitation peaks in autumn and winter.

====Western Asia====
[[File:Envisat image of the southern Caspian Sea ESA223952.tiff|thumb|230px|Most of Iran is rain-shadowed by the [[Alborz]] mountains in the north (just south of the [[Caspian Sea]]), hence the country's mostly (semi) arid climate.]]
[[File:Reviving the Shriveled Lake Urmia.jpg|thumb|230px|Lake Urmia (centre) and surrounds rain-shadowed by the snowy [[Zagros mountains]] to the west.]]
* The peaks of the [[Caucasus Mountains]] to the west and [[Hindukush]] and [[Pamir Mountains|Pamir]] to the east rain shadow the [[Karakum Desert|Karakum]] and [[Kyzyl Kum]] deserts east of the [[Caspian Sea]], as well as the [[Semi-arid climate|semi-arid]] [[Kazakh Steppe]]. They also cause vast rainfall differences between coastal areas on the [[Black Sea]] such as [[Rize]], [[Batumi]] and [[Sochi]] contrasted with the dry lowlands of [[Azerbaijan]] facing the Caspian Sea.{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}
* The semi-arid [[Anatolian Plateau]] is rain shadowed by mountain chains, including the [[Pontic Mountains]] in the north and the [[Taurus Mountains]] in the south.{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}
* The High Peaks of [[Mount Lebanon]] rain-shadow the northern parts of the [[Beqaa Valley]] and [[Anti-Lebanon Mountains]].
* The [[Judaean Desert]], the [[Dead Sea]] and the western slopes of the [[Moab]] Mountains on the opposite ([[Jordan]]ian) side are rain-shadowed by the [[Judaean Mountains]].{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}
* The [[Dasht-i-Lut]] in Iran is in the rain shadow of the [[Elburz Mountains|Elburz]] and [[Zagros Mountains]] and is one of the most lifeless areas on Earth.
* The peaks of the [[Zagros Mountains]] rain-shadow the northern half of the [[West Azerbaijan province]] in [[Iranian Azerbaijan]] (above [[Urmia]]), as manifested by the province's dry winters relative to those in the windward part of the region (i.e. [[Kurdistan Region]] and [[Hakkâri Province]] in Turkey).
*Much of the [[Mesaoria|Mesaoria Plain]] of [[Cyprus]] is in the rain shadow of the [[Troodos Mountains]] and is semi-arid.