rain shadow
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See also: rainshadow
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[edit]Noun
[edit]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.
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