<Li> Western Australia's Wheatbelt and Great Southern regions are shielded by the Darling Range to the west: Mandurah, near the coast, receives about 700 millimetres (28 in) annually . Dwellingup, 40 km inland and in the heart of the ranges, receives over 1,000 millimetres (39 in) a year while Narrogin, 130 km further east, receives less than 500 millimetres (20 in) a year . </Li> <Li> Hawaii also has rain shadows, with some areas being desert . Orographic lifting produces the world's second - highest annual precipitation record, 12.7 meters (500 inches), on the island of Kauai; the leeward side is understandably rain - shadowed . The entire island of Kahoolawe lies in the rain shadow of Maui's East Maui Volcano . </Li>

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