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What is unique about the Atacama?

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12y ago
Updated: 11/10/2020

The Atacama receives virtually no rain as opposed to other deserts around the world that do receive some precipitation. There are some parts of the Atacama that have not measured any rain since records have been kept, going back over 400 years.

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