Atacama
South American desert
Atacama refers to a desert in northern Chile, one of the driest places on Earth.
Some areas have gone centuries without recorded rainfall.
The name appears in compounds: the Atacama Desert, the Atacama Trench (an oceanic depression off the coast).
Scientists use the region to simulate Martian conditions.
Prolonged water scarcity
- parchedExtremely dry or thirsty
- barrenUnable to produce
- desiccatedThoroughly dehydrated
- waterlessWithout any liquid
dryness · scorching · dusty · evaporation · sunbaked · rainless · sterile · dehydration
Fine rock particles
- dunesWind-formed sand ridges
- salt flatsMineral-crusted evaporite terrain
- oasisFertile desert spot
- geoglyphsLarge ground-based designs
flamingos · camelids · cacti · petroglyphs
Chile's largest city
- AndesSouth American western range
- PatagoniaSouth America's southern tip
- AltiplanoAndean elevated flatland
- copperReddish-brown metallic element
nitrate · Pablo Neruda · vicuña · guanaco · llama · alpaca · pisco · empanada
Lightest solid element
- copperReddish-brown metallic element
- nitrateNO₃ compound
- boronFifth element, symbol B
- iodineAntiseptic element, atomic fifty-three
salt · caliche · potassium · gypsum · halite · mining · extraction · ore
Facility for celestial study
- telescopeInstrument magnifying faraway objects
- dark skiesSky without brightness
- stargazingObserving celestial bodies
- astrophysicsPhysics of celestial bodies
exoplanets · cosmos · galaxies · nebulae · constellations · Milky Way · astrotourism · ELT
drought
Prolonged water scarcity
- parchedExtremely dry or thirsty
- barrenUnable to produce
- desiccatedThoroughly dehydrated
waterless · dryness · scorching · dusty · evaporation · sunbaked · rainless · sterile · dehydration · bone-dry
sand
Fine rock particles
- dunesWind-formed sand ridges
- salt flatsMineral-crusted evaporite terrain
- oasisFertile desert spot
geoglyphs · flamingos · camelids · cacti · petroglyphs
Santiago
Chile's largest city
- AndesSouth American western range
- PatagoniaSouth America's southern tip
- AltiplanoAndean elevated flatland
copper · nitrate · Pablo Neruda · vicuña · guanaco · llama · alpaca · pisco · empanada · saltpeter
lithium
Lightest solid element
iodine · salt · caliche · potassium · gypsum · halite · mining · extraction · ore · quarry
observatory
Facility for celestial study
- telescopeInstrument magnifying faraway objects
- dark skiesSky without brightness
- stargazingObserving celestial bodies
astrophysics · exoplanets · cosmos · galaxies · nebulae · constellations · Milky Way · astrotourism · ELT · radio telescope
Sahara
Largest hot desert
- NamibSouthwestern African coastal desert
- GobiCentral Asian arid region
- MojaveSouthwestern American desert
Sonoran · Arabian · Kalahari · Patagonian · Antarctic · Negev
- desertsand, sand dunes, sand dune, dune, dunes
- Latin AmericaArgentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Cuba
- South AmericaArgentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador
- desertsSahara, Gobi, Mojave, Namib, Kalahari
- Extreme Terrainabyss, arctic, Antarctic, Antarctica, Death Valley
- Latin America travelMachu Picchu, Cancun, Rio de Janeiro, Galapagos, Chichen Itza
AtacamaAmazon rainforest
Largest tropical forest ecosystem
Congo rainforest · wetlands · tropical rainforest · swamp · Borneo
Atacamajungle
Dense tropical forest
rainforest · Amazon · tropical forest · old-growth forest · temperate rainforest
Atacamatropics
Warm equatorial region
Southeast Asia · Caribbean · Hawaii · Sumatra · Papua New Guinea