| A useful introductory chapter discusses how mountains create a rain shadow, and how to get a feel for weather by looking at clouds and sunbows. |
| The driest ecoregion is the Northern Uplands Ecoregion, which lies in the rain shadow of the highlands of the Gaspé region. |
| Honiara, the capital, is situated on Guadalcanal, in a rain shadow cast by a high mountain range. |
| To make matters worse, Msanjama lies in the rain shadow of Mulanje Mountain. |
| Once into the basin, the eastern slopes of the Coast Mountains are in the rain shadow. |
| This area is protected to the north-west by the Ore Mountains, the Doupov Hills and the Bohemian uplands, which produce a rain shadow. |
