Rain Shadow Desert

Japanese: 雨陰砂漠 - あまかげさばく
Rain Shadow Desert

...Arid regions can also be found in high latitudes such as Antarctica and in high mountain regions, and are called cold deserts; however, these regions are often not classified as "deserts" because their cold characteristics outweigh their arid characteristics.
[Cause]
Deserts can be classified according to their origin into four types: subtropical deserts, coastal cool deserts, rain shadow deserts, and continental interior deserts. Many of the world's deserts are the result of two or three of these causes.

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "rain shadow desert" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…南極などの高緯度地域や高山地域にも乾燥した地域が見られ,寒冷地砂漠と呼ばれているが,この地域は乾燥地域の特性より寒冷地域の特性の方が著しいために〈砂漠〉に含められないことが多い。
[成因]
 砂漠を成因により分類すると,亜熱帯砂漠,海岸冷涼砂漠,雨陰砂漠,大陸内部砂漠の四つに分けられる。世界の砂漠はこれらの成因が二つないし三つ重なったものが多い。…

※「雨陰砂漠」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

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