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The very high Andes Mountains prevent moisture from the Atlantic Ocean and Amazon basin from reaching the area of the Atacama from the east. The Coastal Range along the Pacific Ocean keep moisture from that ocean from reaching that area from the west.
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What is the climate of the Atacama Desert?
The Atacama Desert is a cool, exceedingly dry desert.
What is the climate name of the Atacama Desert?
The climate of the Atacama is cool and very dry in most areas. It would be classified as a cool, dry desert climate.
What desert is too dry?
Both the Antarctic Desert and the Atacama Desert are exceedingly dry and receive virtually no precipitation.
What is the overall climate of the Atacama Desert?
The Atacama is cool and dry.
What is a very dry land called?
A desert.
Is the Atacama Desert one of the coldest places?
No, the Atacama is cool but not cold. It actually has a pleasant, but very dry, climate.
What continent is hot and dry?
Antarctica. There is a desert drier than Australia which is the Atacama desert in Chile in South America but Antarctica can be much drier than the Atacama desert especially the Mc Murdo Dry Valleys
What is the name of the dry region in the northern part of Chile?
the atacama desert
What is the Atacama Desert like?
The Atacama is very barren and dry. The temperatures are mild and not hot. Few plants or animals live there.
What is a cold and dry desert in Latin America?
The Atacama desert, between Peru, Chile, Argentina and Bolivia.
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.
Where is Mt. Atacama?
Atacama is the name of a large and very dry desert located mostly in northern Chile. I can find no mountain by that name.
