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The Atacama should be protected. However, due to the lack of water, it is unsuitable for farming so that is not a problem. There are a few mining operations but they take up only a small fraction of the desert. The majority of the Atacama is self-protected. It offers little incentive for man to develop it. Some parts have been placed into national parks, however.
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Which deserts are located in Chile?
The large desert in northern Chile is the Atacama Desert. The Atacama is the driest non-polar desert in the world.
Is San Pedro De Atacama in the Atacama desert?
Yes it is located in the Atacama Desert.
What is the climate of the Atacama Desert?
The Atacama Desert is a cool, exceedingly dry desert.
What its the desert in northern Chile?
The Atacama Desert is located in northern Chile, southern Peru and small parts of Bolivia and Argentina.
What kind of desert is the Atacama?
The Atacama is a cold coastal desert.
What claim to fame does the desert area of the Atacama have?
The Atacama is labeled as the driest desert on earth. Some scientists debate this and state that Antarctica should have that title.
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 the Atacama of Chile a desert or a rainforest?
The Atacama is a desert in northern Chile.
Does Atacama Desert get the least rainfall in a year?
Yes, the Atacama Desert is one of the driest, if not the driest area on earth. Some say that the honor of driest desert should go to Antarctica.
What is the name of the coldest and driest desert in Latin America?
The coldest desert is the Patagonian Desert and the driest is the Atacama Desert.
Is the Atacama Desert the driest on earth?
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.
Which narrow desert is between the Andes mountains and pacific oceans?
That would be the Atacama Desert in northern Chile.
