In
northern Chile the cold Humboldt Current meets the Atacama Desert,
which stretches for about 1200 km along the coast. The cold current
flow is one of the reasons why it rarely rains in this region. Only the
light fog which rises every morning from the sea brings scant moisture,
in which a thin vegetation of lichens, mosses and cacti can thrive. |
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