{"id":22778,"date":"2026-04-29T11:45:36","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T06:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=22778"},"modified":"2026-04-29T13:31:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T08:01:43","slug":"atacama-desert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/atacama-desert\/","title":{"rendered":"Atacama Desert"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Atacama Desert Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, it was observed that light pollution is threatening the world\u2019s darkest skies in the Atacama desert.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Atacama Desert<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Location:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is the <\/span><b>driest desert<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the world, <\/span><b>located in northern Chile.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is nestled between the <\/span><b>Andes Mountains<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on the east and the <\/span><b>Pacific Ocean on the west.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It forms a <\/span><b>continuous strip for nearly 1,000 km<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> along the narrow coast of the northern third of Chile.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Bordered by:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is bordered by <\/span><b>Argentina, Peru, and Bolivia<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also <\/span><b>hosts 12 volcanoes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, mainly located in the western outliers of the Andes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Rainfall:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Average rainfall in this region is about 1 mm per year. Some locations within the desert have never had any rainfall whatsoever.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Temperature:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Temperatures are comparatively mild throughout the year. The average temperature in the desert is about 63 degrees F (18 degrees C).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Natural Resources:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> This region has the largest natural supply of Sodium Nitrate, which can be used for producing fertilizers and explosives, amongst other things.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Chinchorro Mummies<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: The oldest artificially mummified human remains have been found in the Atacama Desert.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/science\/light-pollution-threatens-worlds-darkest-skies-in-the-atacama\/article70911369.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Atacama Desert is nestled between the Andes Mountains on the east and the Pacific Ocean on the west. 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