give reason for the scanty rainfall in the atacama tropical desert
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temperature is harsh due to this there is scanty rainfall less than 25 cm
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Another reason that the Atacama doesn't get enough rainfall is because of a phenomenon called rainshadow. The warm, moist tropical air that blows on the tradewinds from the east, which douse the South American rainforest, get hung-up on the east side of the Andes.
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