Windward side of the mountains receives ____ rainfall.

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The Windward side of the mountains receives heavy rainfall.
The Windward side of a mountain is the side exposed to the winds. The winds blowing towards the land carrying moisture encounter the barriers and rise, causing heavy rainfall on the windward side of the mountains. The Western Ghats and the northeast hills are regions receiving such rainfall. For a country like India receiving orographic rainfall, mountains play a role in determining the amount of rainfall received by the region. The windward slope experiences the rising and cooling of the air and subsequent moderate to heavy rainfall. These slopes are barriers to moisture-laden winds entering the land from the surrounding water bodies.

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