Nitrates, used in fertilizers and explosives, were the main resource of the Atacama until a few decades back when the mines were closed. Today copper is the main resource mined in the Atacama.
Copper is the principal resource found in the Atacama Desert.
The Atacama is rich in mineral resources, especially nitrates and copper.
Today the main source of income for Chile is the mining of copper in the Atacama Desert. Up until the 1940s the chief mineral mined in the Atacama were nitrates. The mines closed when a process was developed to produce nitrates by a chemical process that was less costly than mining.
The large desert in northern Chile is the Atacama Desert. The Atacama is the driest non-polar desert in the world.
Yes it is located in the Atacama Desert.
The Atacama Desert is a cool, exceedingly dry desert.
The Atacama Desert is located in northern Chile, southern Peru and small parts of Bolivia and Argentina.
The Atacama is a cold coastal 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.
The Atacama is a desert in northern Chile.
The coldest desert is the Patagonian Desert and the driest is the Atacama Desert.
About the only industry active in the Atacama Desert is the mining industry as it is rich in some mineral resources, especially copper. Along the coast fishing is also a big industry.