Rain is a stranger in the cold desert spread across Spiti in Himachal Pradesh and Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir. Adjoining the Tibetan plateau, the high-altitude region falls in a rain shadow beyond the Himalaya range
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/gone-berserk
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/down-earth
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/monsoons
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/global-warming
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/himachal-pradesh
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/lahul-spiti
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/jammu-kashmir
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ladakh