Atacama Desert
Americannoun
noun
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As all those options cost money, what unscrupulous traders actually do is either illegally burn the clothes, or illegally dump them out in the surrounding Atacama Desert.
From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026
He hiked copper royalties and set a high bar for mine expansion in the ore-rich but water-starved Atacama Desert.
From Barron's • Dec. 17, 2025
The Atacama Desert, which runs along the Pacific Coast in Chile, is the driest place on the planet and, largely because of that aridity, hostile to most living things.
From Science Daily • Nov. 14, 2024
The scene takes place in the Atacama Desert in Chile, one of the planet’s oldest and driest deserts.
From New York Times • Jun. 3, 2024
In the parched Atacama Desert, the Chinchorro created history’s first mummies.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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