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Question
When the Malabar coast is receiving heavy rainfall in July, the Tamil Nadu coast is comparatively dry.
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Solution
When the malabar coast is receiving heavy rainfall in July the Tamil Nadu coast is dry because it lies in rain shadow region of Arabian sea branch and Bay of Bengal is parallel to the coast.
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