Gurun Atacama: Perbedaan antara revisi

'''Gurun Atacama''' adalah [[dataran tinggi]] di [[Amerika Selatan]], yang meliputi sebidang tanah sepanjang 1.600 km (1.000 mil darat) di pantai [[samudra Pasifik|Pasifik]] Amerika Selatan, sebelah barat pegunungan [[Andes]]. Gurun Atacama, menurut [[NASA]], ''[[National Geographic]],'' dan publikasi lainnya, merupakan gurun terkering di dunia <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0308/feature3/ |title=National Geographic Magazine<!-- Judul yang dihasilkan bot --> |access-date=2011-06-18 |archive-date=2014-08-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140815172530/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0308/feature3/ |dead-url=no }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.extremescience.com/DriestPlace.htm |title=Salinan arsip |access-date=2011-06-18 |archive-date=2009-04-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090408100840/http://www.extremescience.com/DriestPlace.htm |dead-url=yes }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://quest.nasa.gov/challenges/marsanalog/egypt/AtacamaAdAstra.pdf |title=Salinan arsip |access-date=2011-06-18 |archive-date=2012-06-06 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/68Cu1UYk4?url=http://quest.nasa.gov/challenges/marsanalog/egypt/AtacamaAdAstra.pdf |dead-url=yes }}</ref>, karena [[bayangan hujan]] di sisi [[angin bawah]] Pegunungan Pantai [[Chili|Cile]], serta [[Inversi(meteorologi)|lapisan inversi]] pesisir yang diciptakan oleh [[arus Humboldt]] dingin lepas pantai.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4437153.stm|publisher=BBC News|title=Chile desert's super-dry history|author=Jonathan Amos|accessdate=29 December 2009|date=8 December 2005|archive-date=2009-02-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090202132432/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4437153.stm|dead-url=no}}</ref> Atacama menempati wilayah seluas 105.000 km persegi (41.000 mil-darat persegi)<ref name=nyt>{{cite book|first=John W. (ed.)|last=Wright|coauthors=Editors and reporters of ''The New York Times''|year=2006|title=The New York Times Almanac|url=https://archive.org/details/newyorktimes200700newy|edition=2007|publisher=Penguin Books|location=New York, New York|isbn = 0-14-303820-6|pages=[https://archive.org/details/newyorktimes200700newy/page/456 456]}}</ref> di Cile utara. Sebagian besar wilayahnya terdiri dari cekungan garam (salares), pasir, dan aliran [[lava]] felsik Andes.