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14 Οκτ 2024 · Atacama 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 .
- Atacama Plateau
Atacama Plateau, cold, desolate Andean tableland in...
- Antofagasta
Antofagasta, city, capital of Antofagasta región, northern...
- Loa River
Loa River, river, northern Chile.The longest river in Chile,...
- Atacama Plateau
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.
The Atacama Desert is the driest nonpolar desert in the world, as well as the only true desert to receive less precipitation than the polar deserts and the largest fog desert in the world. Both regions have been used as experimentation sites on Earth for Mars expedition simulations.
1 Ιουλ 2022 · The Atacama Desert stretches across 600 to 700 miles of land between the spectacular Andes Mountains and the Cordillera de la Costa mountain range. Argentina , Peru , and Bolivia border the Atacama Desert.
18 Αυγ 2023 · An Atacama Desert map shows that the desert extends the entire northern width of Chile. The Atacama Desert in the northern region of Chile is shown in light brown. The Loa River, or Rio...
7 Σεπ 2020 · The Atacama Desert is an irregular elongated strip of desert along the northwest coast of Chile, essentially bounded by the Pacific Ocean on the west. It extends nearly 1600 kilometres (km) and reaches a maximum width of 180 km.
23 Σεπ 2024 · The Atacama Desert, stretching along the Pacific coast of Chile, is not merely a geographical marvel but an intricate mosaic of history, ecology, and adaptation. Beyond its arid expanses lies the Atacama Desert Ecoregion—an ecological classification that extends its influence across adjacent areas.
