Rain Shadow Definition & Meaning

Example Sentences

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The team sampled soils from six Kansas locations, spanning the wetter eastern region to the higher, drier High Plains in the west, which receive less rain because of the Rocky Mountains' rain shadow.

From Science Daily

A historic city of exposed wood structures in a thirsty rain shadow.

From Los Angeles Times

Right off Highway 101, Sequim Bay is in the rain shadow of the Olympics, giving you a better chance of avoiding precipitation.

From Seattle Times

The Olympic rain shadow keeps Olympic Peninsula towns like Sequim much drier than Seattle and its suburbs.

From Seattle Times

But the Great Basin of Nevada beyond the Sierra to the east is largely left in a gigantic rain shadow.

From Los Angeles Times