People have built towns and cities in the Atacama along with utility lines, roads, highways, etc. They have also mined certain areas of the desert for nitrates, copper and other minerals. By and large the major portion of the desert has escaped mans influence.
The large desert in northern Chile is the Atacama Desert. The Atacama is the driest non-polar desert in the world.
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Humans have made little impact on the Atacama. In the north there are a few mining operations. There are few roads or highways and most cities are found along the Pacific coast.
Yes it is located in the Atacama Desert.
The Atacama Desert is a cool, exceedingly dry desert.
The Atacama Desert is located in northern Chile, southern Peru and small parts of Bolivia and Argentina.
The Atacama is a cold coastal desert.
No current passes through the Atacama Desert but the Humbolt, or Peruvian Current, passes just off shore and has a great influence on the climate of the Atacama.
The Atacama is a desert in northern Chile.
The coldest desert is the Patagonian Desert and the driest is the Atacama Desert.
Both the Atacama Desert and the Antarctic Desert share the honor as the driest on earth. The Antarctic is a polar desert and the Atacama is a cool coastal desert - both classified as cold deserts.
That would be the Atacama Desert in northern Chile.