Definitions for atacama desert
ˈæt əˈkæm ə, ˌæt-, ˈɑ təˈkɑ mə, ˌɑ tə-at·a·cama desert

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1. Atacama Desertnoun

   a desert in northern Chile rich in nitrate and copper deposits

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1. Atacama Desert

   The Atacama Desert (Spanish: Desierto de Atacama) is 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 Atacama Desert is the driest nonpolar desert in the world, and the second driest overall, just behind some very specific spots within the McMurdo Dry Valleys as well as the only hot true desert to receive less precipitation than the polar deserts, and the largest fog desert in the world. Both regions have been used as experimentation sites on Earth for Mars expedition simulations. The Atacama Desert occupies 105,000 km2 (41,000 sq mi), or 128,000 km2 (49,000 sq mi) if the barren lower slopes of the Andes are included. Most of the desert is composed of stony terrain, salt lakes (salares), sand, and felsic lava that flows towards the Andes. The desert owes its extreme aridity to a constant temperature inversion due to the cool north-flowing Humboldt ocean current and to the presence of the strong Pacific anticyclone. The most arid region of the Atacama Desert is situated between two mountain chains (the Andes and the Chilean Coast Range) of sufficient height to prevent moisture advection from either the Pacific or the Atlantic Ocean, a two-sided rain shadow.Despite modern views of the Atacama Desert as fully devoid of vegetation, in pre-Columbian and colonial times a large flatland area there known as Pampa del Tamarugal was a woodland, but demand for firewood associated with silver and saltpeter mining in the 18th and 19th centuries resulted in widespread deforestation.

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1. atacama desert

   The Atacama Desert is a plateau in South America, covering a 1,600 km strip of land on the Pacific coast, primarily situated in Chile with small parts in Peru, Bolivia and Argentina. It is considered one of the driest places in the world, with some parts of the desert not receiving any rainfall for several years. Due to its extreme aridity and high altitude, it offers a unique environment that has become a key location for scientific research, particularly in astronomy. The desert is also known for its rich deposits of copper and other minerals.

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1. Atacama Desert

   The Atacama Desert is a plateau in South America, covering a 1,000-kilometre strip of land on the Pacific coast, west of the Andes mountains. It is, according to NASA, National Geographic and other sources, the driest desert in the world. The Atacama occupies 105,000 square kilometres composed mostly of salt lakes, sand, and felsic lava flows towards the Andes.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of atacama desert in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

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   The numerical value of atacama desert in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of atacama desert in a Sentence

1. Dr Schulze-Makuch:

   In the past, researchers have found dying organisms near the surface and remnants of DNA but this is really the first time that anyone has been able to identify a persistent form of life living in the soil of the Atacama Desert, we believe these microbial communities can lay dormant for hundreds or even thousands of years in conditions very similar to what you would find on a planet like Mars and then come back to life when it rains.

2. Pete Schultz:

   It's too soon to say if there was a causal connection or not, but what we can say is that this event did happen around the same time as when we think the megafauna disappeared, which is intriguing, there's also a chance that this was actually witnessed by early inhabitants, who had just arrived in The Atacama Desert. It would have been quite a show.

3. Daniel Craig:

   Paranal, in the Atacama desert in Chile.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atacama_Desert
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4. ^ Wikidata
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