Write 3 to 4 sentences on what you have learned from reading the article on Atacama Desert?
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The Atacama Desertis a desert plateau in South America covering a 1,600 km (990 mi) strip of land on the Pacific coast, west of the Andes Mountains. The remote interior of the Atacama Desert is essentially tied for the driest desert in the world. With the other equally driest region being some very specific spots within the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica.
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The Atacama Desert is a desert plateau in South America covering a 1,600 km strip of land on the Pacific coast, west of the Andes Mountains in Chile. Only one of the rivers (Loa River) from the Andes mountains reaches the ocean through the desert.The lower elevations of the Atacama, both along the coast and inland below 1,500 m (5,000 ft) altitude, experience a mild to hot climate with a year round temperature profile similar to a mediterranean climate.