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प्रश्न
The Western Plateau region of Australia is mainly a desert. Why?
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उत्तर
The presence of the Eastern Highlands causes heavy rains along the eastern coast and rainfall decreases westwards, away from the coast. So, most of central and western Australia has high temperatures and very little rainfall resulting in the formation of a desert.
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