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Bookmark or Share- A first-timer’s guide to Chile’s Atacama Desert - Lonely PlanetOne of the harshest places on earth, the Atacama may at first sound dull, empty or even devoid of water; it’s none of those things. This thin coastal desert, squished between the Pacific Ocean and Andes Mountains, is riddled with oases where it bursts to life, both in fertile river valleys and on the semi-arid Altiplano thousands of feet up ...
- Atacama Desert - WikipediaThe Atacama Desert (Spanish: Desierto de Atacama) is a desert plateau located on the Pacific coast of South America, in the north of Chile.
- North and the Atacama Desert - Chile TravelFar from being inert, the Atacama Desert is an area full of energy thanks to its welcoming ancestral cultures and the oases that are a source of life in the driest desert in the world.
- Atacama Desert | Location, Weather, & Facts | BritannicaAtacama Desert, cool, arid region in northern Chile, 600 to 700 miles (1,000 to 1,100 km) long from north to south. Its limits are not exactly determined, but it lies mainly between the south bend of the Loa River and the mountains separating the Salado-Copiapó drainage basins.
- What's So Special About the Atacama Desert? | Live ScienceChile's Atacama Desert, the driest nonpolar desert on Earth, stretches across a roughly 600-mile (1,000 kilometers) tract of land wedged between the coastal Cordillera de la Costa mountain range...
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