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There are seasonal salt lakes and fresh water oases in the Atacama. In addition there is water vapor in the air which ranges from a relative humidity of about 5% to other regions with relative humidities of 75%. In some areas dense fog rolls in from the Pacific raising the relative humidity to 100%. In these areas some towns have created equipment to 'harvest' water from the air for use in homes. Rain is almost unheard of in the Atacama.
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What is the water form of the Atacama Desert?
The Atacama Desert gets its water from fog caught on nets.
What does not form in mountains of Atacama Desert?
No snow cap forms.
What do people drink in the Atacama Desert?
WATER
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.
What bacteria are in the Atacama Desert?
In most areas of the Atacama there is not enough moisture in the soil to support any microbial life forms. When NASA was testing their Mars Rovers in the Atacama their instruments could not detect any life, bacteria or otherwise, in the soil of the desert.
Is the Atacama of Chile a desert or a rainforest?
The Atacama is a desert in northern Chile.
Which desert has only a bit of water?
The Atacama Desert of South America is the driest non polar desert on earth.
