2006-10-18 09:31:22 · 12 answers · asked by loulou69 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
The Atacama desert, Chile
2006-10-18 09:35:36 · answer #1 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
according to David Attenborough (and he should know) the driest place on earth is actually a desert in Antartica. Yes, Antarctica. No ice, no snow, just solid rock for miles and miles around. It's very very very weird.
for a less odd location for a desert, try Sahara, Kalahari, Gobi, Arizona, erm... that one in the Andes... er..
2006-10-18 09:37:04 · answer #2 · answered by wild_eep 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Atacama, in Chile. Not only is it in the downward current of the Hadley circulation (which causes most of the great deserts of the world), it has the Andes mountains scraping off any remaining moisture. I have heard that it rains there about once every seven years.
2006-10-18 09:35:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the driest means the least amount of percipitation gained in a year. So then it would be antartica. Most of all the snow that is there is accumulation from millions of years.
2006-10-18 09:50:27 · answer #4 · answered by Jen M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think - but don't quote me - that it's the Gobi Desert. Check it out.
2006-10-18 09:33:13 · answer #5 · answered by Sinead C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Alice Springs Australia, where the only watering hole is the pub.
2006-10-18 12:17:38 · answer #6 · answered by lordofthetarot 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think its Death Valley in the USA.
2006-10-18 09:35:17 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Isn't that a geographical question? what has that got to do with this catagory?
2006-10-18 09:35:42 · answer #8 · answered by appleblossom_1957 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its the dry valleys in antartic how weird
2006-10-18 09:36:44 · answer #9 · answered by iano128 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe it is in Antartica
2006-10-18 09:35:09 · answer #10 · answered by October 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋