https://padlet.com/jessica_johnson15/zjq69wds5252 Atacama Desert en-us 2017-11-16 12:44:31 UTC 2026-01-19 00:30:53 UTC hello@padlet.com jessica_johnson15 https://padlet.com/jessica_johnson15/zjq69wds5252/wish/207625104 The Atacama Desert can be found in Northern Chile and Southern tip of Peru.]]> 2017-11-16 12:49:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jessica_johnson15/zjq69wds5252/wish/207625104 jessica_johnson15 https://padlet.com/jessica_johnson15/zjq69wds5252/wish/207626983 Winds called the Pacific Anticyclone  is blowing dry air into the Atacama Desert keeping it super dry and hot with very little water per year. ]]> 2017-11-16 12:55:06 UTC https://padlet.com/jessica_johnson15/zjq69wds5252/wish/207626983 jessica_johnson15 https://padlet.com/jessica_johnson15/zjq69wds5252/wish/207630796 The Atacama Desert averages less than 0.5 inches (1.3 centimeters) of rain yearly. The Atacama Desert is one of the driest and hottest deserts in the world. The Atacama is one of the oldest deserts in the world.]]> 2017-11-16 13:05:51 UTC https://padlet.com/jessica_johnson15/zjq69wds5252/wish/207630796 jessica_johnson15 https://padlet.com/jessica_johnson15/zjq69wds5252/wish/207638291 2017-11-16 13:24:48 UTC https://padlet.com/jessica_johnson15/zjq69wds5252/wish/207638291 jessica_johnson15 https://padlet.com/jessica_johnson15/zjq69wds5252/wish/207638498 2017-11-16 13:25:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jessica_johnson15/zjq69wds5252/wish/207638498 jessica_johnson15 https://padlet.com/jessica_johnson15/zjq69wds5252/wish/208786371

]]> 2017-11-20 16:30:32 UTC https://padlet.com/jessica_johnson15/zjq69wds5252/wish/208786371 jessica_johnson15 https://padlet.com/jessica_johnson15/zjq69wds5252/wish/208790187 The Atacama Desert runs for 600 miles along the Pacific Coast, with the Andes Mountains as its eastern border.]]> 2017-11-20 16:38:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jessica_johnson15/zjq69wds5252/wish/208790187 jessica_johnson15 https://padlet.com/jessica_johnson15/zjq69wds5252/wish/208791524 The Atacama Desert averages less than 0.5 inches (1.3 centimeters) of rain yearly.]]> 2017-11-20 16:41:20 UTC https://padlet.com/jessica_johnson15/zjq69wds5252/wish/208791524 jessica_johnson15 https://padlet.com/jessica_johnson15/zjq69wds5252/wish/208793325 Birds are probably the largest animal group in the Atacama Desert. ]]> 2017-11-20 16:45:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jessica_johnson15/zjq69wds5252/wish/208793325 jessica_johnson15 https://padlet.com/jessica_johnson15/zjq69wds5252/wish/208794670 Because of the desert’s extreme aridity, only a few adapted mammal species live in the Atacama. Darwin’s leaf-eared mouse eats grass, insects and seeds. The South American gray fox, also omnivorous, lives on eggs, fruit, lizards, rodents, seeds and even scorpions. The Viscacha, a relative of the chinchilla, also lives in parts of the desert.]]> 2017-11-20 16:48:05 UTC https://padlet.com/jessica_johnson15/zjq69wds5252/wish/208794670 jessica_johnson15 https://padlet.com/jessica_johnson15/zjq69wds5252/wish/208807478
The Atacama Desert has few reptile and amphibian species. 
Iguanas and lava lizards inhabit parts of the desert, while salt flat lizards live in the dry areas bordering the ocean.

]]> 2017-11-20 17:15:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jessica_johnson15/zjq69wds5252/wish/208807478 jessica_johnson15 https://padlet.com/jessica_johnson15/zjq69wds5252/wish/208808204 Many parts of the Atacama Desert are too dry to sustain even insect life. In other areas, sand-colored grasshoppers blend with pebbles on the desert floor. Desert wasps sometimes prey on other insects. During especially warm, humid seasons, butterflies visit the lomas. Red scorpions also live in the desert, where their color helps conceal them from predators such as gray foxes.]]> 2017-11-20 17:17:42 UTC https://padlet.com/jessica_johnson15/zjq69wds5252/wish/208808204