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Along which coast of South America is the climate described as desert?
Along the Pacific Ocean. (West)
What is the name of the desert located at central west South America?
The Atacama Desert which is located along the Pacific Coast of northern Chile.
What is the driest place on earth south along the Pacific Coast?
Some say that the Atacama Desert on the Pacific Coast of South America is the driest desert on earth. Others say that Antarctica is even drier.
Why can a penguin not survive in the desert?
Penguins DO live in the desert. There is a species that occupies hillsides along the Pacific Ocean in the Atacama Desert in South America.
What is the name of the desert on western coast of Chile?
The Atacama is on the northwestern coast of Chile.
Why is the Pacific coast in the desert?
Only the Pacific coast along South America is desert. Most of the Pacific coast line in the rest of the Americas is not desert. In South America the prevalent wind direction is from the east. The Andes Mountains prevent moisture from the east from crossing, creating a rain shadow desert along the Pacific Coast. In North America the prevalent wind direction is from the west so the coast receives rain. However, the mountains prevent the rain from moving inland so rain shadow deserts form in these areas.
What are some places in South America that are desert regions and near the ocean?
The Atacama Desert of Chile, Peru, Argentina and Bolivia is along the Pacific Ocean as well as the Sechura Desert of Peru.
Which hot desert is located along the western coast?
You did not provide the name of a continent in your question. However, in North America the Sonoran Desert reaches the west coast of Mexico. In South America there is found the Atacama Desert along the coast and in Africa the Namib Desert borders the Pacific. There are others.
What is the driest desert found west of these mountains along the Pacific coast?
By 'these mountains' I assume you are referring to the Andes Mountains of South America. The desert formed in the rain shadow of the Andes is the Atacama Desert.
The Atacama Desert is on which South American coast?
The Atacama Desert is located in northern Chile, southern Peru and small parts of Bolivia and Argentina.
Who built an empire along the Pacific coast of South America?
inca
What desert runs along the west coast of South America?
Both the Atacama and the Sechura Deserts are on the west coast of South America,
