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Desert of Atacama

The Atacama Desert is a virtually rainless plateau in South America, extending 966 km (600 mi) between the Andes mountains and the Pacific Ocean.

It is created by the rain shadow of the Andes east of the desert. Its area is 181,300 square kilometers (70,000 mi²), in northern Chile.

It is made up of salt basins (salares), sand and lava flows, and is 15 million years old and 100 times more arid than California's Death Valley.

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Hugo 12/11/2007 @ 14:05
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  1. Chillz Buddy... Cool Blog.
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    Aasfa | 2008-03-05 - 06:49:20 GMT 1 #

  2. Is that a water in the desert? or just reflection?

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    James | 2008-05-07 - 09:31:36 GMT 1 #

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