There are seasonal salt lakes and fresh water oases in the Atacama. In addition there is water vapor in the air which ranges from a relative humidity of about 5% to other regions with relative humidities of 75%. In some areas dense fog rolls in from the Pacific raising the relative humidity to 100%. In these areas some towns have created equipment to 'harvest' water from the air for use in homes. Rain is almost unheard of in the Atacama.
The Atacama Desert gets its water from fog caught on nets.
No snow cap forms.
WATER
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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In most areas of the Atacama there is not enough moisture in the soil to support any microbial life forms. When NASA was testing their Mars Rovers in the Atacama their instruments could not detect any life, bacteria or otherwise, in the soil of the 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.