The Atacama Desert

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Atacama Desert

This is a photo of the Atacama Desert.

The Atacama Desert is a famous desert in South America. The desert covers 41,000 square miles down the west coast of the country Chile. The Atacama Desert is known for being one of the driest places on Earth! It is so dry that some of its tallest mountains...

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