Where is the driest place on earth?

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

The Atacama Desert in Chile is often considered the driest place on Earth. It receives very little rainfall, and some parts of the desert have not seen rain in decades. Its extreme dryness is due to the combination of geographical and meteorological factors.

Answer 3

The driest and hottest place on the earth is southern Africa, a place called Sudan.

Answer 4

Depending upon your personal opinion, the driest place on earth is either Antarctica or the Atacama Desert in South America. Scientists vary in this classification.

Answer 5

Parts of Antarctica and the Atacama Desert in Chile are the driest places in the world.

Answer 6

Its the Atacama Desert, a place near the south coast of Chile, the driest place being the Dry Valley Region in Antarctica. They have received no rain for over 2 million years!

Answer 7

The driest place on earth is the Atacama Desert in northern Chile