Illustrated landscape plate: Atacama Desert, South America
Atacama Desert

NT8 · Southern America · Andes

South American Coastal Deserts

The Atacama and Sechura deserts form one of the driest places on Earth along the Pacific coast of Peru and Chile. Fog oases (lomas) and river valleys support life, and coastal valley cultures have thrived here for millennia.

Countries and territories: Peru, Chile. See it on One Earth

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