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Pune receives much less rain than Mumbai because it lies:
- afurther from the equator
- bin the rain shadow of the Western Ghats
- cat a lower altitude
- don the coast
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Answer
in the rain shadow of the Western Ghats
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Explanation
The descending air on the leeward side warms and holds its moisture.
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