The Atacama should be protected. However, due to the lack of water, it is unsuitable for farming so that is not a problem. There are a few mining operations but they take up only a small fraction of the desert. The majority of the Atacama is self-protected. It offers little incentive for man to develop it. Some parts have been placed into national parks, however.
The large desert in northern Chile is the Atacama Desert. The Atacama is the driest non-polar desert in the world.
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.
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The Atacama is labeled as the driest desert on earth. Some scientists debate this and state that Antarctica should have that title.
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.
Yes, the Atacama Desert is one of the driest, if not the driest area on earth. Some say that the honor of driest desert should go to Antarctica.
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.