Which among the following is / are rain shadow deserts?

Death Valley (United States)

Gobi Desert, Asia

Atacama Desert

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Death Valley, in the U.S. states of California and Nevada, is a rain shadow desert. Death Valley, the lowest and driest place in North America, is in the rain shadow of the Sierra Nevada mountains.
Gobi is a rain shadow desert formed by the Himalaya range blocking rain-carrying clouds from the Indian Ocean from reaching the Gobi territory.
Atacama is a coastal desert as well as rain shadow desert. Atacama is located in the “rain shadow” between two mountain ranges, the Andes and the Chilean Coast Range.

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Death Valley, in the U.S. states of California and Nevada, is a rain shadow desert. Death Valley, the lowest and driest place in North America, is in the rain shadow of the Sierra Nevada mountains.
Gobi is a rain shadow desert formed by the Himalaya range blocking rain-carrying clouds from the Indian Ocean from reaching the Gobi territory.
Atacama is a coastal desert as well as rain shadow desert. Atacama is located in the “rain shadow” between two mountain ranges, the Andes and the Chilean Coast Range.

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