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There are no deserts, including coastal deserts, in Japan.
Yes, a number of species of cacti can be found in coastal deserts in the Americas only.
Brazil has no true deserts, only a few regions of coastal sand dunes that resemble deserts.
Both South America (Atacama and Sechura) and Africa (Namib) have cool coastal deserts.
Hot subtropical desertsCold winter deserts Cold polar deserts Cool coastal deserts
Not all deserts are hot. There are also polar deserts, cold winter deserts as well as cool coastal deserts.
Cool coastal Deserts:Atacama DesertSechura DesertNamib DesertThey are kept cooled by off-shore cool ocean currents.
There are coastal deserts in western Mexico (Sonoran), southwestern Africa (Namib) and western South America (Atacama and Sechura).
The only coastal desert in Chile is the Atacama Desert.
Hot subtropical desertsCold winter deserts Cold polar deserts Cool coastal deserts
About 2/3s the deserts are hot. Others are classified as cold deserts, cool coastal deserts or cold winter deserts.
The Namib and the Atacama Deserts are known as cool coastal Deserts. The Namib is in southwest Africa and the Atacama in western South America.