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No, it is formed by South America's geography, primarily by the Andes Mountains.
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What formed the Atacama Desert?
The Andes Mountains are primarily responsible for the Atacama Desert. The mountains form a barrier to moisture from the Atlantic Ocean from crossing, forming a rain shadow desert.
What is a desert which was blocked by mountains?
If you mean a desert that is formed in a rain shadow there are a number in the Western United States as well as the Atacama in South America.
How do the ocean currents affect the Atacama Desert?
The cold Humboldt Current gives the Atacama Desert its cool, mild climate. Fog formed because of the cold waters provides moisture that some plants and animals need to survive. It is also partially responsible for the extreme lack of rainfall in the desert.
What is a subtropical desert?
I hope its the Thar Desert
What is the driest desert found west of these mountains along the Pacific coast?
By 'these mountains' I assume you are referring to the Andes Mountains of South America. The desert formed in the rain shadow of the Andes is the Atacama Desert.
What did climate have to do with people first coming to the Americas?
Climate played a role in people migrating to the Americas during the last Ice Age. As the climate warmed and ice sheets retreated, land bridges formed, allowing for easier migration from Asia to North America. This aligns with the timing of the first human presence in the Americas.
What is a desert dune?
A desert dune is a dune formed in a desert
How old are the Andes mountain?
The Andes Mountains started forming with the breakup of Gondwana about 300 million years ago. There are 3 separate ridges in the Andes. The one to the east formed first. The last one and the Atacama desert formed 167 years ago when South America separated from Africa and ocean plates started sliding underneath parts of South America.
What causes the Atacama Desert?
rain shadow effect. its on the other side of the mountain. and on the other side (where the atacama desert is) there is a sea, the rain cant get over to the atacama desert, creating the desert.
Sharp cliffs formed from mechanical weathering are best formed in what climate?
Dry Climate
How the Namib Desert formed?
The Namib desert is regarded as one of the oldest desert in the world. It was formed naturally due to the little precipitation.
What is a desert arch?
a natrul formed arch in the desert
