How are the Amazon River and that Atacama Desert the alike?

Answer 1

Both the Amazon and the Atacama desert owe their very existence to the Andes Mountains. The general flow of the atmosphere is from east to west in South America. As the Atlantic moisture is forced up the high Andes Mountains it drops most of its rain and snow on the eastern slopes that feed the Amazon River and its tributaries. Since the moisture has difficulty crossing the mountains, the western side lies in a rain shadow and little to no precipitation occurs, forming the Atacama Desert.

Answer 2

Both are the result of the Andes Mountains. The Andes prevent moisture from the Atlantic from crossing. This creates the rainforests of the Amazon to the east and forms a rainshadow desert to the west. Even though the two biomes are 180 degrees different, both were born with the rise of the Andes Mountains.

Answer 3

The Amazon River is found on the east side of the Andes Mountains and is a very hot, humid and rainy area of South America. It has a great variety of plant and animal life. The Atacama Desert is on the western side of the Andes in South America and is cool, very dry and is the habitat for few plants and animals. The Amazon is found in the tropics while the major portion of the Atacama is found in the temperate climate zone.

Answer 4

they are biomes