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Rain shadow

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Which mountain is famous for creating one of the strongest rain shadows on Earth?

Mount Everest and the Himalayas help create one of Earth’s strongest rain-shadow effects, producing very dry conditions on the Tibetan Plateau. The mountains block moist monsoon air and force it to dump rain on the windward side.

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