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What is the main resource in the Atacama Desert?
Copper is the main resource mined in the Atacama Desert.
What are the natural resources in the Atacama Desert?
Nitrates, used in fertilizers and explosives, were the main resource of the Atacama until a few decades back when the mines were closed. Today copper is the main resource mined in the Atacama.
What is the Atacama Desert rich in?
It is rich in nitrates that are used to produce fertilizers and explosives. However, nitrate mining has pretty much ceased. Now it is copper that is the main resource of the Atacama Desert.
What is the Atacama Desert used for?
Today the main product produced in the Atacama is copper.
What is mined from the great open pits located in the Atacama Desert?
Copper is the main mineral mined in the Atacama.
Chile's copper deposits are located closest to which of the following areas?
the Atacama Desert - main concentration lies on the eastern margin of the Atacama Desert.Atacama Desert
Where is the Peruvian desert?
There are two main deserts in Peru: Atacama Desert - southern Peru Sechura Desert - Western Peru
What source is found in the Atacama Desert?
In the past the main resources that was mined in the Atacama were nitrates. The mines closed down in the 1940s when a chemical process was developed to artificially create nitrates. Today the most important resource is copper which accounts for 30% of the world supply.
What are some of the main deserts in the world?
1. Sahara desert. 2. Kalahari desert. 3. Atacama desert. 4. Cobi desert. and 5. Namib desert.
What is valuable in the Atacama Desert?
Today the main source of income for Chile is the mining of copper in the Atacama Desert. Up until the 1940s the chief mineral mined in the Atacama were nitrates. The mines closed when a process was developed to produce nitrates by a chemical process that was less costly than mining.
Why is Atacama Desert important to South America?
The Atacama Desert is currently the driest desert worldwide. Some regions in this desert have never seen the rain or other forms of precipitations like snow since more than 400 years. The Atacama Desert is extremely dry because it has an unusually high number of factors which contribuces to his extreme aridity.
What mineral is taken from the Atacama Desert?
Today the main source of income for Chile is the mining of copper in the Atacama Desert. Up until the 1940s the chief mineral mined in the Atacama were nitrates. The mines closed when a process was developed to produce nitrates by a chemical process that was less costly than mining.
