The Andes form the eastern border of the Atacama Desert.
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The Atacama is mostly a plateau between two mountain ranges.
The large desert in northern Chile is the Atacama Desert. The Atacama is the driest non-polar desert in the world.
The Andes Mountains are primarily responsible for the Atacama Desert. The mountains form a barrier to moisture from the Atlantic Ocean from crossing, forming a rain shadow desert.
No snow cap forms.
Yes it is located in the Atacama Desert.
The Atacama Desert is located in northern Chile, southern Peru and small parts of Bolivia and Argentina.
The Atacama Desert is a cool, exceedingly dry desert.
The Atacama is a cold coastal desert.
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.