rain shadow

See also: rainshadow

English

Noun

rain shadow (plural rain shadows)

(meteorology) An area of diminished precipitation on the lee side of mountains.
- 2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherworlds, Penguin, published 2023, page 59:
  In the modern day, the Andes cast a very strong rain shadow, resulting in the extreme aridity of the Atacama Desert.

Translations

Translations

Chinese:
Mandarin: 雨影 (yǔyǐng)
Finnish: sadekatve
German: Regenschatten m
Japanese: 雨陰 (ういん, uin)
Polish: cień opadowy m

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