Parts of the Atacama have experienced virtually no rainfall in historic time. It is considered the driest region on earth.
The large desert in northern Chile is the Atacama Desert. The Atacama is the driest non-polar desert in the world.
Yes it is located in the Atacama Desert.
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.
The Atacama is a cold coastal desert.
The Atacama is the driest desert on earth and receives little rainfall each year. Some areas have not received any measurable rain since measurements began over 400 years ago.
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.
The coldest desert is the Patagonian Desert and the driest is the Atacama Desert.
Both the Atacama Desert and the Antarctic Desert share the honor as the driest on earth. The Antarctic is a polar desert and the Atacama is a cool coastal desert - both classified as cold deserts.
That would be the Atacama Desert in northern Chile.
The Atacama is on the northwestern coast of Chile.