Parts of the Atacama Desert are sandy, other parts are rocky.
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The large desert in northern Chile is the Atacama Desert. The Atacama is the driest non-polar desert in the world.
No, the two driest deserts in the world are Antarctica and the Atacama.
Yes it is located in the Atacama Desert.
The Atacama has rocky and sandy parts.
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.