This effect is called a rain shadow and the shadow cast by the Rockies across the North American Plains is enormous.

这种效应被称为雨影，落基山脉在北美平原上投下的阴影十分巨大。

It sits in the rain shadow of the Himalayas and receives on average fewer than ten centimeters of rain per year.

此地位于喜马拉雅山脉的雨影区（高地背风面降雨极少的较干区域），年平均降雨量不足10厘米。

And in Guge this process is all the more intensified because it's located in a rain shadow of Asia's greatest mountain ranges.

而在古格，这一变化过程尤为剧烈，因为它位在亚洲最大山脉的雨影区。

Thus a so-called rain shadow is cast by these mountains across the vastness of the Australian interior to the west where moisture coming in from the east understandably struggles to penetrate into.

因此，这些山脉在西面广袤的澳大利亚内陆地区投下了所谓的雨影，从东面吹来的水汽难以渗透到这里，这是可以理解的。

Of course, Las Vegas itself is located directly within this rain shadow cast by the Sierra Nevada, but it's also located within a valley here that's surrounded by even further mountain ranges on every side.

当然，拉斯维加斯本身就位于内华达山脉投下的雨影内，但它也位于这里的一个山谷内，山谷四面被更远的山脉环绕。

The island had never been heavily populated in its entire history because it sits in the rain shadow of Maui's towering Haleakala Volcano and it doesn't have any high mountains of its own that can capture moisture independently.

在整个历史上，该岛从未有过大量人口，因为它位于毛伊岛高耸的哈雷阿卡拉火山的雨影中，而且它本身没有任何高山可以独立吸收水分。

The causes of these " Tussock" grasslands are poor soils in the centre of the North Island, and a rain shadow in the South Island east of the Southern Alps that reduces rainfall significantly.

形成这些“丛生” 草原的原因是北岛中部土壤贫瘠，而南岛南阿尔卑斯山以东的雨影区导致降雨量大幅减少。

The western parts of the islands are generally in the rain shadows of these mountains and are thus more arid and dry, including Kahoolawe and Lanai which are very dry Islands in addition to all of their other problems.

岛屿的西部通常位于这些山脉的雨影中，因此较为干燥干旱，包括卡霍奥拉维岛和拉奈岛，这两个岛屿除了所有其他问题之外，还是非常干燥的岛屿。