It is actually the Antarctica. Parts of the continant hasn't seen rain for 2,000,000 years! A desret is a place that getslessthan 254 mm (10 inches) of rain a year, the Sahara gets just 25 mm (1 inch) a year. Antarctica's average annual rainfall is about the same, but 2% of it, known as the Dry Valleys is free of ice and snow and it never rains there at all.
The next driest place is the Atacama desert in Chile. In some areas, no rain has fallen there for 400 years and its average annual rainfall is a tiny 0.1 mm (0.004 inches). Taken as a whole this makes it the world's driest desert 250 times as dry as the Sahara.
Depending upon your personal opinion, the driest place on earth is either Antarctica or the Atacama Desert in South America. Scientists vary in this classification.
Parts of Antarctica and the Atacama Desert in Chile are the driest places in the world.
Its the Atacama Desert, a place near the south coast of Chile, the driest place being the Dry Valley Region in Antarctica. They have received no rain for over 2 million years!
The driest place on earth is the Atacama Desert in northern Chile
The Atacama Desert is the driest non-polar desert. The driest place on earth is the Dry Valleys of Antarctica which is said to have not received rain for 2 million years.
the driest and hottest place on earth would be the mexico or the sahara desert
No, Death Valley is far from the driest area on earth. That distinction goes to Antarctica and the Atacama Desert.
Antarctica is the driest continent.
Antarctica is the driest continent on earth.
The driest place on Earth is Dry Valleys, Antarctica, the second driest place is Arica, Chile
Yes, deserts are the driest places on Earth.
The Atacama desert in South America is the driest place on Earth.
No, the driest places on earth are the Atacama Desert in South America and Antarctica.
The driest deserts on earth are Antarctica and the Atacama Desert in South America.The driest place on earth is either the Atacama Desert of South America or Antarctica. Scientists vary in opinion.
The Atacama Desert is the driest non-polar desert. The driest place on earth is the Dry Valleys of Antarctica which is said to have not received rain for 2 million years.
All of Antarctica is dry -- it's the driest continent and the earth's largest desert.On average, Antarctica is the driest place on earth with an average humidity of about five percent.
the driest and hottest place on earth would be the mexico or the sahara desert
the driest and hottest place on earth would be the Mexico or the sahara desert
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The Atacama Desert.
No, the Atacama Desert in South America is considered by many to be the driest place on earth. Others feel the honor should go to Antarctica.