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How Dry Can a Desert Get?

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Deserts can be dry place but no desert is as dry as the Atacama Desert in northern chile. Parts of this desert will not sea a single drop of rain this year. At one time, Arica the largest city in northern Chile did not see rain four 14 years. As a matter of fact, some parts of this desert have not seen rain in 400 year! Did you have an idea that any place on earth could be that dry.

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Deserts can be dry places, but no desert is as dry as the Atacama Desert in northern Chile. Parts of this desert will not see a single drop of rain this year. At one time, Arica, the largest city in northern Chile, did not see rain for 14 years. As a matter of fact, some parts of this desert have not seen rain in 400 years! Did you have an idea that any place on Earth could be that dry?


Article by Gary Hopkins
Education World® Editor in Chief
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08/06/2004
 

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