The Atacama desert is located in the midwest of South America. It occupies 40,600 square miles in the northern part of Chile. Along the pacific ocean it takes up 600 miles of beach front real estate.
It is also known as the driest most arid desert in the world accumulating about 0.04 inches per year of rainfall. Most of the landscape consists of salt lakes, sand, and felsic lava flows.
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