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?

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