Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun rain_shadow

1 sense of rain shadow

Sense 1
rain shadow -- (an area that has little precipitation because some barrier causes the winds to lose their moisture before reaching it)
       => area, country -- (a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography); "it was a mountainous area"; "Bible country")