Editing Rain shadow (section)

====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.