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The Atacama is considered a cool or cold desert. Average summer high temperatures rarely exceed 80 degrees F.
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What is the overall climate of the Atacama Desert?
The Atacama is cool and dry.
How are the Atacama Desert and the Mojave Desert alike?
Both deserts have low rainfall, although the Atacama is the driest. The Mojave is classified as a hot desert while the Atacama is a cool coastal desert.
Is the Atacama Desert a hot or cold desert?
The Atacama is a cold desert. Temperatures rarely exceed 75 or 80 degrees F.
Is the Atacama Desert the driest on earth?
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.
What is the difference between the Simpson Desert and the Atacama Desert?
The Atacama Desert is a cold desert while the Simpson is a hot desert. The Simpson has more rainfall and, thus, more vegetation and animal life than the Atacama.
Which continent contains the driest hot desert?
Parts of the Sahara Desert in Africa receive very little rainfall each year making it, overall, the driest hot desert in the world. The driest cold deserts are Antarctica and the Atacama Desert in South America.
How is the Gobi Desert different from the Atacama Desert?
The Gobi Desert is a cold winter desert that has hot summers and bitterly cold winters. The Atacama is a cool coastal desert with no temperature extremes. It is mild all year.
Which deserts are located in Chile?
The large desert in northern Chile is the Atacama Desert. The Atacama is the driest non-polar desert in the world.
Where is the Atacama Desert climate zone?
No, the Atacama Desert is a hot desert but has a more moderated climate in terms of temperatures due to a cold marine current called the Humboldt Current, which is well-known for his considerable cooling effect on the climate of the Chili and of the Peru. The Atacama Desert is cooler than other hot deserts in the world also due to his high elevation, which reduces temperatures (there are less air pressure) but makes larger diurnal temperature ranges. The Atacama Desert is classified as a hot desert, because he's located near the Tropic of the Capricorne, in a subtropical region.
What is the Atacama Desert like?
The Atacama is very barren and dry. The temperatures are mild and not hot. Few plants or animals live there.
Is the Atacama Desert the driest place on earth?
Technically, the Atacama is classified as a cold desert. In actuality, the climate is quite mild. The high temperature rarely rises above 80 degrees F and the low rarely drops below 32 degrees F. The temperature is moderated by the Atacama's close proximity to the Pacific Ocean.
Is San Pedro De Atacama in the Atacama desert?
Yes it is located in the Atacama Desert.
