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The Atacama is a plateau and has mountains bordering it. It also has salares or salt lakes which are usually dry, some volcanic activity in the form of hot springs, geisers, a few volcanoes and sand dunes.
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What are three important physical features found along the west coast of South America?
Three important physical features found along the west coast of South America include the Andes Mountains, Atacama Desert, and Lake Titicaca. The Andes cover 5,500 miles along the west coast, the Atacama Desert is in Chile, and Lake Titicaca is in Peru.
What are five physical features of Chile?
Some of Chile's natural features are the Ands mountains, valle de la luna, aester island, atacama desert, and laguna san rafael.
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.
Does the Atacama Desert experience physical weathering or chemical weathering?
Since it rarely rains in the Atacama, nearly all weathering would be physical weathering caused by the wind.
What are some physical features of Peru?
Some physical features of Peru include the Andes mountain range, the Amazon rainforest, Lake Titicaca (the highest navigable lake in the world), and the coastal desert region along the Pacific Ocean. Additionally, Peru is known for its diverse ecosystems and rich biodiversity.
Is San Pedro De Atacama in the Atacama desert?
Yes it is located in the Atacama Desert.
What its the desert in northern Chile?
The Atacama Desert is located in northern Chile, southern Peru and small parts of Bolivia and Argentina.
What is the climate of the Atacama Desert?
The Atacama Desert is a cool, exceedingly dry desert.
What kind of desert is the Atacama?
The Atacama is a cold coastal desert.
What cold current passes through the Atacama's desert?
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.
Is the Atacama of Chile a desert or a rainforest?
The Atacama is a desert in northern Chile.
What is the name of the coldest and driest desert in Latin America?
The coldest desert is the Patagonian Desert and the driest is the Atacama Desert.
