In the northern parts of the desert there are some mining operations, especially copper. Nitrates were also an important resource until the 1940s. It is also an important place for observatories because of its low humidity, virtually no clouds or dust and low light, radio and air pollution.
Today the main product produced in the Atacama is copper.
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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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.
That would be the Atacama Desert in northern Chile.