answersLogoWhite

0

How large is the Atacama Desert?

User Avatar

Anonymous

15y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

The Atacama desert covers about 40600 square miles.

User Avatar

Wiki User

15y ago

What else can I help you with?

Related Questions

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.


What is the desert in northern chilee?

The large desert in northern Chile is the Atacama Desert. The Atacama is the driest non-polar desert in the world.


Is San Pedro De Atacama in the Atacama desert?

Yes it is located in the Atacama Desert.


What is the climate of the Atacama Desert?

The Atacama Desert is a cool, exceedingly dry desert.


What its the desert in northern Chile?

The Atacama Desert is located in northern Chile, southern Peru and small parts of Bolivia and Argentina.


What is at the top of the Atacama Desert food chain?

The Atacama has few large predators. The South American Gray Fox is the largest that is found there. The cougar is pretty much extinct in the Atacama but may be found on the western margin of the desert.


What kind of desert is the Atacama?

The Atacama is a cold coastal desert.


Is there a large or small number of organisms in the Atacama Desert?

.Tthere are some plants and animals that call the Atacama their home. They are not numerous, however.


Where is Mt. Atacama?

Atacama is the name of a large and very dry desert located mostly in northern Chile. I can find no mountain by that name.


What cold current passes through the Atacama's 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.


Is the Atacama Desert in a rural suburban or urban area?

It is primarily rural but there are several large urban areas found in the desert, such as Antofogasta and Arica.


What is the large desert along the Pacific side of South America?

The Atacama Desert is on the Pacific coast of South America.