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Antarctica is the driest continent on Earth outside of Australia. It receives very little precipitation, with most of the continent being a cold desert.
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What continent is farthest south than any other continent?
Antarctica is the continent farthest south from any other continent. It is located at the southernmost point of the Earth.
What is the smallest continent in size?
Antarctica has no permanent inhabitants. However, other than that, Australia is the least populated.
Which continent has the most beaches?
Asia only has most beaches than any other continent. There are more than 5000 beaches are in Asia. Especially India itself have nearly 300 beaches.
How does this continents size rank compared to the other continents?
This continent ranks as the second smallest continent in terms of both land area and population. It is larger than Australia but smaller than all other continents.
What region gets an average of less than 4 inches of rainfall a year?
The Atacama Desert in Chile is known as the driest desert in the world, receiving less than 0.6 inches of rainfall on average per year.
Driest continent other than antarctica?
Antarctica is the driest continent in the world.
Is Australia really wet?
No. Australia is the second driest continent, after Antarctica, which has even less precipitation than Australia.
What continant is dryer than Australia?
Only Antarctica is the drier continent than Australia. But Australia is the driest inhabited place.
Why is Australia one of the driest continents?
Australia has a compact shape and no significant bodies of water penetrate very far inland. This is important because it means that moist winds are prevented from penetrating to inland Australia, keeping rainfall low and dryness up.
What continent is farthest south than any other continent?
Antarctica is the continent farthest south from any other continent. It is located at the southernmost point of the Earth.
What makes Antarctica other than high altitude?
Antarctica is also coldest, darkest, windiest, driest and iciest continent.
Which continent is smaller in area than Australia?
There is no continent smaller than Australia as it is the smallest continent.
Is Antarctica the driest continent with humidity lower than the Sahara desert?
yes
Receiving less than 2 inches of precipitation annually this is the driest continent?
Yes.
Is Australia the only country that is a continent?
Australia is the only continent all of which is also one country.
Is Canada bigger than Australia?
No, Canada is bigger than the continent of Australia.
What region gets an average of less than 4 inches of rainfall a year?
The Atacama Desert in Chile is known as the driest desert in the world, receiving less than 0.6 inches of rainfall on average per year.
