It is the driest desert on earth.
Few plants and animals live there.
It is hemmed in by the Andes Mountains in the east and the coastal range in the west.
It receives very little rain. Parts of the Atacama have not received even a sprinkle in over 400 years.
It borders the Pacific Ocean.
It has rich mineral deposits such as nitrates and copper.
The Atacama Desert is located in Chile along with a small part of the Patagonian Desert.
The large desert in northern Chile is the Atacama Desert. The Atacama is the driest non-polar desert in the world.
The Atacama is a cold desert so Calexico wins the prize for being hotest.
Andes mountains. Atacama desert, the world's driest desert.
Yes it is located in the Atacama Desert.
The Atacama Desert is a cool, exceedingly dry desert.
The Atacama is a cold coastal desert.
The Atacama Desert is located in northern Chile, southern Peru and small parts of Bolivia and Argentina.
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 has always been famous for being the driest desert on earth. It use to be famous for its nitrate mining that provided raw materials for the fertilizer, explosive and chemical industries. Today, that nitrate mining has been replaced by copper mining.
The Atacama is a desert in northern Chile.
The coldest desert is the Patagonian Desert and the driest is the Atacama Desert.