The prairieslie in the eastern rain shadow of the Rocky Mountains. Almost all theirrivers flow eastward from the Rockies.

大草原坐落在落基山脉的东部雨影区，其上河流几乎全部发源自落基。

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The high-altitude desert of Leh in northern India falls in the rain shadow of the Himalayas, receiving as little precipitation as the Sahara.

印度北部Leh的高纬度的沙漠进入了喜马拉雅上的雨影区，像撒哈拉沙漠一样有一点仓促。

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Holding an umbrella walking in the rain, but can not find the shadow.

撑着伞走在雨中，却找不到曾经的影子。

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Even against this backdrop, the Alvord is extraordinarily dry, sitting in a triple rain shadow created by the Coast Range, the Cascades and Steens Mountain.

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Las Vegas lies at the edge of the vast Mojave Desert, in a bowl-shaped valley in the parched rain-shadow of the Sierra Nevada mountains.

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