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There are two main deserts in Peru:

Atacama Desert - southern Peru

Sechura Desert - Western Peru

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What is the Peruvian Desert?

Both the Sechura Desert and the Atacama Desert are found in western Peru.


Are the Atacama Desert and the Peruvian Desert combined larger or smaller than the Patagonian Desert?

They are smaller than the Patagonian Desert.


Is there a dessert in Ecuador?

A Desert? Yes, the one that falls on the Peruvian Coast extends into Ecuador.


On what continent is the Peruvian Desert?

There are two deserts in Peru - the Sechura and the Atacama. Both are on the South American continent.


What cold current passes through the Atacama's 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.


Is it possible that the Peruvian desert is located by the ocean?

Peru has two deserts - the Atacama and the Sechura - and both are located on the Pacific coast.


What desert does the cold Peru current pass?

The Humboldt (Peruvian current) passes along the coast of the Atacama and Sechura Deserts.


Is the Peruvian desert located on the leeward side of the Andes?

Yes, both the Sechura and the Atacama Deserts of Peru are on the leeward side of the Andes.


What does the Peruvian fox eat?

The Peruvian desert fox, also known as the Sechuran fox, is an omnivore. Though it prefers a carnivorous diet, it can subsist on an herbivorous diet if no animals or eggs can be found.


What is peruvian?

A llama is a Peruvian ruminant.


What is a Peruvian?

A llama is a Peruvian ruminant.


How does the current of humbolt affect Peru?

It doesn't rain in the Peruvian capital of Lima, but there is nearly always a sea-mist - even though that area is a desert.