rain shadow

See also: rainshadow

English

Noun

rain shadow (plural rain shadows)

1. (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