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.
Chile as well as Argentina share parts of both the Atacama and the Patagonian Deserts.
The Atacama and the Sechura are the deserts of Peru.
There are no deserts in or near Rome, Italy.
Atacama Desert
The Atacama is one of the oldest deserts in the world. Scientists think parts of it have been dry for at least 20 million years and maybe as long as 40 million years.
Both the Atacama Desert and the Sechura Desert are found in Peru.
The Namib and the Atacama Deserts are known as cool coastal Deserts. The Namib is in southwest Africa and the Atacama in western South America.
Antarctica, the Gobi, the Atacama, the Patagonian Desert are all cold deserts.
The Arabian Desert and the Atacama Desert.
The two largest deserts in South America are the Patagonian and Atacama Deserts.
The Atacama is on the northwestern coast of Chile.
The Andes Mountains and the Atacama and Sechua Deserts are found in Peru.