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How hot is the Atacama Desert overall?
The Atacama is considered a cool or cold desert. Average summer high temperatures rarely exceed 80 degrees F.
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 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.
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.
Is the Atacama Desert the driest place on earth?
Technically, the Atacama is classified as a cold desert. In actuality, the climate is quite mild. The high temperature rarely rises above 80 degrees F and the low rarely drops below 32 degrees F. The temperature is moderated by the Atacama's close proximity to the Pacific Ocean.
Which narrow desert is between the Andes mountains and pacific oceans?
That would be the Atacama Desert in northern Chile.
