6Atacama Desert, South America : Most driest place in the world

Atacama desert stretches over 1000 kilometers in the Pacific coast of South America. It is the most driest non-polar place on Earth. Temperature in Atacama desert ranges between 0 to 25 degree Celsius.

The annual rainfall in this desert is less than 1mm/year and 50 times drier than that of death valley. Also very little organic material contains in soil of Atacama desert. At same time presence of non-biological oxidizing chemicals also found in Atacama.

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