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The Atacama Desert (Spanish: Desierto de Atacama) is a desert plateau located on the Pacific coast of South America, in the north of Chile.Stretching over a 1,600-kilometre-long (1,000-mile) strip of land west of the Andes Mountains, it covers an area of 105,000 km 2 (41,000 sq mi), [2] which increases to 128,000 km 2 (49,000 sq mi) if the barren lower slopes of the Andes are included.
Sahara Desert – Africa's largest desert and the world's largest hot desert which covers much of North Africa comprising: Ténéré – a desert covering northeastern Niger and western Chad Sahara Desert; Tanezrouft – a desert covering northern Mali, northwestern Niger as well as central and southern Algeria, at the west of the Hoggar Mountains
The diverse climate of Chile ranges from the world's driest desert in the north—the Atacama Desert—through a Mediterranean climate in the center, tropical in Easter Island, [102] to an oceanic climate, including alpine tundra and glaciers in the east and south. [19]
This is a list of the largest deserts in the world by area. It includes all deserts above 50,000 km 2 (19,300 sq mi). Some of Earth 's biggest non-polar deserts
STORY: This is Chile's new Desert Blooming National ParkLocation: Atacama Desert, Chile(Gabriel Boric, President of Chile) "For us, creating the Desert Blooming National Park is a way to move ...
A desert especially rich in mineral salts is the Atacama Desert, Chile, ... Europe and the Middle East. Deserts ... Map with biodiversity scenarios for desert ...
Köppen climate classification zones of Chile Vegetation map of Chile. Since Chile extends from a point about 625 km (388 mi) north of the Tropic of Capricorn to a point hardly more than 1,400 km (870 mi) north of the Antarctic Circle, a broad selection of the Earth's climates can be found in this country. Therefore, geographically, the country ...
The Deserts of Chile. Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. A. Atacama Desert (2 C, 67 P) Pages in category "Deserts of Chile"