The Atacama desert in chile is a desert primarily because it is located D. next to a cold ocean current
The Atacama Desert is the driest non-polar desert in the world and the only true desert with less precipitation than polar deserts and the world's largest foggy desert. Both regions were used as terrestrial experimental sites for Mars exploration simulations.
The Atacama Desert is (almost) the driest place on earth. The exception is the dry valleys of Antarctica. This polar region has been without precipitation for nearly two million years. Swaying katabatic winds pull moist clouds out of the basin, making it truly the driest place on earth.
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