The Atacama Desert was not "built' it was created by geological action - plate tectonics that pushed up the Andes Mountains. The Atacama is also one of the oldest deserts in the world. Scientists think parts of it have been dry for at least 20 million years and maybe as long as 40 million years.
It is locate primarily in Chile but smaller portions extend into peru, Bolivia and Argentina.
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.
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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.