Editing Rain shadow (section)

====Australia====
[[File:The Great Barrier Reef, Australia - Envisat.jpg|thumb|230px|The [[Atherton Tableland]] rain-shadowing the dry [[Tablelands Region]] in Queensland (bottom-right).]]
[[File:New Zealand as seen by Envisat ESA217570.jpg|thumb|230px|The [[Southern Alps]] in New Zealand rain shadow the eastern side of the [[South Island]].]]
* In [[New South Wales]] and the [[Australian Capital Territory]], [[Monaro, New South Wales|Monaro]] is shielded by both the [[Snowy Mountains]] to the northwest and coastal ranges to the southeast. Consequently, parts of it are as dry as the wheat-growing lands of those states. For comparison, [[Cooma]] receives {{convert|535|mm|in}} of rain annually, whereas [[Batlow]], on the western side of the ranges, receives {{convert|1220|mm|in}} of precipitation. Furthermore, Australia's capital [[Canberra]] is also protected from the west by the [[Brindabellas]] which create a strong rain shadow in Canberra's valleys, where it receives an annual rainfall of {{convert|580|mm|in}}, compared to [[Adjungbilly]]'s {{convert|1075|mm|in}}. In the cool season, the [[Great Dividing Range]] also [[Southeast Australian foehn|shields much of the southeast coast]] (i.e. [[Sydney]], the [[Central Coast, New South Wales|Central Coast]], the [[Hunter Valley]], [[Illawarra]], the [[South Coast, New South Wales|South Coast]]) from south-westerly [[polar vortex|polar blasts]] that originate from the [[Southern Ocean]].<ref>[https://www.willyweather.com.au/news/5291/rain+shadows.html Rain Shadows] by Don White. Australian Weather News. Willy Weather. Retrieved 24 May 2021.</ref><ref>[https://thenewdaily.com.au/weather/2020/05/28/bom-winter-weather-forecast-2020/ And the outlook for winter is … wet] by Kate Doyle from [[The New Daily]]. Retrieved 24 May 2021.</ref>
* In [[Queensland]], the land west of [[Atherton Tableland]] in the [[Tablelands Region]] lies on a rain shadow and therefore would feature significantly lower annual rainfall averages than those in the [[Cairns Region]]. For comparison, [[Tully, Queensland|Tully]], which is on the eastern side of the tablelands, towards the coast, receives annual rainfall that exceeds {{convert|4000|mm|in}}, whereas [[Mareeba]], which lies on the rain shadow of the Atherton Tableland, receives {{convert|870|mm|in}} of rainfall annually.
* In [[Tasmania]], the central Midlands region is in a strong rain shadow and receives only about a fifth as much rainfall as the highlands to the west.
* In [[Victoria, Australia|Victoria]], the western side of [[Port Phillip Bay]] is in the rain shadow of the [[Otway Ranges]]. The area between [[Geelong]] and [[Werribee]] is the driest part of southern Victoria: the crest of the Otway Ranges receives {{convert|2000|mm|in}} of rain per year and has [[myrtle beech]] rainforests much further west than anywhere else, while the area around [[Little River, Victoria|Little River]] receives as little as {{convert|425|mm|in}} annually, which is as little as [[Nhill]] or [[Longreach]] and supports only grassland. Also in Victoria, [[Omeo]] is shielded by the surrounding [[Victorian Alps]], where it receives around {{convert|650|mm|in}} of annual rain, whereas other places nearby exceed {{convert|1000|mm|in}}.
* [[Western Australia]]'s [[Wheatbelt (Western Australia)|Wheatbelt]] and [[Great Southern (Western Australia)|Great Southern]] regions are shielded by the [[Darling Scarp|Darling Range]] to the west: [[Mandurah]], near the coast, receives about {{convert|700|mm|in}} annually. [[Dwellingup]], {{convert|40|km|mi|abbr=on}} inland and in the heart of the ranges, receives over {{convert|1000|mm|in}} a year while [[Narrogin]], {{convert|130|km|mi}} further east, receives less than {{convert|500|mm|in}} a year.