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RAIN SHADOW
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Dictionary entry overview: What does rain shadow mean?
• RAIN SHADOW (noun)
The noun RAIN SHADOW has 1 sense:
1. an area that has little precipitation because some barrier causes the winds to lose their moisture before reaching it
Familiarity information: RAIN SHADOW used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An area that has little precipitation because some barrier causes the winds to lose their moisture before reaching it
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("rain shadow" is a kind of...):
area; country (a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography))
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