There is no significant farming in the Atacama. In a few areas near the rare aquifers there are some small operations that grow some tomatoes and cucumbers for the local markets.
Sechura Desert Atacama Desert
Mining, especially copper mining, is the biggest industry of the Atacama Desert.
Copper is the major product of the Atacama Desert.
Outside of the major towns and cities, there is really not much to do in the Atacama except hiking and exploring.
The large desert in northern Chile is the Atacama Desert. The Atacama is the driest non-polar desert in the world.
Nitrates used to be the major product mined in the Atacama. Today it is copper.
Copper mining in northern Chile is the major industry of the Atacama Desert.
Outside of the major towns and cities, there is really not much to do in the Atacama except hiking and exploring.
Yes it is located in the Atacama Desert.
The major desert in South America is the Atacama desert located in the rainshadow of the Andes mountains.
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.