[thechat] the driest spot in the world

[javier velasco]

Lachlan Cannon wrote:
>
> Syed Zeeshan Haider wrote:
> > From: "javier velasco"
> > To: <thechat at lists.evolt.org>
> > Sent: October 30, 2002, Wednesday 6:24 PM
> > Subject: [thechat] the driest spot in the world
> >
> >
> >
> >>since i was a kid, i was told that the desert of Atacama, high in the
> >>north of Chile, was the driest desert in the world.
> >
> >
> > I remember a book saying that the Sahara desert in Africa is the driest place in
> > the world. It was just that book. I never tried to confirm it, therefore, don't
> > know the real facts.
>
> I've always been told it's Antarctica...

found more...

The Atacama Desert, in Chile, is thought to be the driest region on
earth. The desert stretches for almost 600 miles (1,000 km) along the
Pacific coast. There is scarcely ever any rainfall here.

http://www.gridclub.com/fact_gadget/1001/human_world/south_america/783.html

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Sahara

70% gravel plains, sand, and dunes. Contrary to popular belief, the
desert is only 30% sand. The world's largest nonpolar desert gets its
name from the Arabic word Sahra', meaning desert


Atacama

Salt basins, sand, lava; world's driest desert

http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0778851.html