| The Sierra Nevada casts a rain shadow over the region to the east of that mountain range. |
| Along the way, look closely at the bluffs for the small prickly pear cactus that grows in the rain shadow here. |
| 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. |
| This area is protected to the north-west by the Ore Mountains, the Doupov Hills and the Bohemian uplands, which produce a rain shadow. |
| Honiara, the capital, is situated on Guadalcanal, in a rain shadow cast by a high mountain range. |
| These data support the idea that the Andean rain shadow existed by 15 Ma and that it reinforced the pre-existing climatic regime rather than changing it. |
