Name six rain-shadow areas or the leeward side areas in India which receive low amounts of precipitation.

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Six rain shadow areas in India are

1. Thar Desert which falls on the leeward side of the Aravallis.
2. Areas of Tamil Nadu bordering Kerala which lie on the leeward side of the Western Ghats.
3. Northern Karnataka which lie on the leeward side of the Western Ghats.
4. Districts like Beed and Osmanabad in Maharashtra.
5. Kutch region of Gujarat.
6. Vidarbha Plateau in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh.

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Consider the following statements with respect to rainfall pattern over Indian Subcontinent-

1. The intensity of rainfall decreases from east to west over the northern plains.

2. The western ghats receives the highest amount of precipitation.

3. The leeward side of western ghats receives the highest amount of precipitation.

Which of the above statements are true?

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