The Atacama Desert is one of the two driest deserts on earth. Some areas have received no measurable rainfall in recorded time.
No, the driest places on earth are the Atacama Desert in South America and Antarctica.
The largest desert is the Patagonian Desert and the driest is the Atacama.
The Atacama desert in South America is the driest place on Earth.
No. South America is home to what is regularly referred to as the driest place in the world, the Atacama Desert of Chile. There are certain areas of this desert that have not had any rainfall on record. However, the wettest place is certainly not South American. Mawsynram and Cherrapunji in India are often regarded as the world's wettest places, with Mount Waiʻaleʻale, Hawaii and Lloro, Columbia, also breaking precipitation records. The latter being in South America. So it could very well be stated that South America has both the driest and the wettest places in the world!
The Atacama Desert of Chile is the driest area in South America.
The driest desert, Antarctica, is in the southern hemisphere at the South Pole. Some say the Atacama Desert is the driest. It is located in the southern and western hemispheres.
The driest desert on the planet is the Atacama Desert, located in Chile. It is one of the most barren and arid places in the world, receiving very little precipitation due to its geographic location between the Andes Mountains and the Pacific Ocean.
It is the driest desert in all of South America
The Atacama, a 966 km long plateau in South America, is considered to be the world's driest desert. It lies mostly within Chile and Peru west of the Andes Mountains. The Atacama is 50 times drier than Death Valley, in California.Antarctica is considered by many scientists as even drier that the Atacama Desert.The Antarctic and the Atacama Desert share that distinction.Atacama desert
The driest deserts on earth are Antarctica and the Atacama Desert in South America.The driest place on earth is either the Atacama Desert of South America or Antarctica. Scientists vary in opinion.
The Atacama Desert is found mostly in Chile but parts extend into Peru, Argentina and Bolivia. It is one of the driest places on earth.
All the deserts in South America are quite dry but the driest of all the Atacama Desert.