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====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.
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