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The Atacama and Antarctic are the driest deserts, not he Sahara. The Atacama is so dry because the Andes mountains act as a block that prevents moisture from the Amazon and Atlantic from crossing into Chile and Peru, this forming a desert. The temperature in Antarctica is so very cold that the air can hold very little moisture that could form snow. It also does not have a source of warm oceanic water to act as a moisture supply for forming rain clouds.
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∙ 6y agoThe shape of the land around the Atacama desert means there's very little water falling from the air, either as rain or snow, which makes it a very dry place.
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∙ 9y agoThe Sahara is not the driest desert in the world. That honor falls to the Atacama Desert of South America. Some argue that the honor goes to the Antarctic Desert.
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∙ 9y agoThe Atacama lies between two mountain ranges that prevent moisture from either the Atlantic or Pacific Oceans from reaching the area. Therefore, virtually no rain falls in the Atacama Desert.
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Is the Great Sandy Desert in Australia the driest place in the world?
No, the two driest deserts in the world are Antarctica and the Atacama.
What is driest and windiest desert of the world?
Antarctica is the driest and windiest desert in the world.
Why Sahara is the famous desert?
Sahara Desert is Famous in the whole world because it the the biggest desert in the world.
What enormous desert stretches across north Africa?
The largest desert in the world is not in Africa, it is in Antarctica. The Sahara is the largest desert in Africa, however.
What is the world's largest desert that is home to the veiled Tuareg Tribe?
The Tuareg live in the Sahara but that is not the largest desert in the world. That honor goes to Antarctica.
Is the Great Sandy Desert in Australia the driest place in the world?
No, the two driest deserts in the world are Antarctica and the Atacama.
Which is the driest place in Chile?
The Atacama desert, the driest desert in the world.
Is the sahara the driest desert?
The Atacama Desert (Chile) is the driest desert in the world and Sahara is the largest hot desert with a span of 9,000,000 square kilometres (3,500,000 sq. mi.).The Atacama Desert (Chile) is the driest desert in the world, according to NASA, National Geographic and many other publications.
How much rain falls in driest place in the world?
The Atacama desert is the driest place in the world and it has 0.04in of rainfall a year. This is equal to 1millemeter.
Is that the hottest place in the world?
The Sahara Desert
What is driest and windiest desert of the world?
Antarctica is the driest and windiest desert in the world.
Is the Nazca Desert the world's driest desert?
The Sechura Desert (also known as the Nazca Desert) is not the driest in the world. It does border on the Atacama Desert which many consider the driest desert.
Where is the driest place on earth?
It is actually the Antarctica. Parts of the continant hasn't seen rain for 2,000,000 years! A desret is a place that getslessthan 254 mm (10 inches) of rain a year, the Sahara gets just 25 mm (1 inch) a year. Antarctica's average annual rainfall is about the same, but 2% of it, known as the Dry Valleys is free of ice and snow and it never rains there at all. The next driest place is the Atacama desert in Chile. In some areas, no rain has fallen there for 400 years and its average annual rainfall is a tiny 0.1 mm (0.004 inches). Taken as a whole this makes it the world's driest desert 250 times as dry as the Sahara.
Where are the least humid places in the world?
The Atacama Desert is the driest place on the planet.
What is the driest desert's name?
Antarctica and the Atacama Desert are the driest deserts in the world.
A famous place in Chile that starts with the letter A?
Andes mountains. Atacama desert, the world's driest desert.
Where are the hottiest place in the world st places in the world?
It is in the Sahara Desert.
