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	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Atacama
		Atacama Desert Desert of n Chile, stretching c.
		The desert itself, c.2,000 ft (610 m) above sea level, is a series of dry salt basins flanked on the W by the Pacific coastal range, averaging c.2,500 ft (760 m) high, and on the E by the Andes.
		A port on the Pacific, it exports nitrates and ore from the Atacama Desert.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Atacama (493 words)

	Atacama - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Atacama desert of Chile is a virtually rainless plateau made up of salt basins (salares), sand, and lava flows, extending from the Andes mountains to the Pacific Ocean.
		The Atacama Desert is the driest desert on Earth (except perhaps for the McMurdo Dry Valleys in Antarctica) and is virtually sterile because it is blocked from moisture on both sides by the Andes mountains and by coastal mountains.
		The Atacama has rich deposits of copper and other minerals, and the world's largest natural supply of sodium nitrate, which was mined on a large scale until the early 1940s.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Atacama_desert (504 words)

	Encyclopedia: Atacama Region of Chile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		III Region of Atacama of Chile is situated in the north of the country.
		XI Region of Aisén of General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo
		XII Region of Magallanes and the Chilean Antarctica
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Atacama-Region-of-Chile (113 words)

	Atacama - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Atacama (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		This cool, arid region, one of the driest parts of the world, stretches south along the Chilean coast.
		Region in northern Chile; area 75,573 sq km/29,179 sq mi; population (1996) 250,163.
		The region's economy is based on fishing, mining, and agriculture.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Atacama (302 words)

	Atacama Desert - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Atacama Desert
		Although the Atacama region of Chile is mostly arid, in the Pan de Azúcar National Park high cliffs produce dense coastal fogs that support a rich flora and fauna, especially cacti.
		When rain falls on areas of the Atacama that have been arid for many years, long dormant seeds produce a spectacular display of wild flowers.
		Salt pans cover the desert, and this arid area in the north of the country has various mineral deposits (nitrates, iodine), as well as silver and copper (which is Chile's principal export).
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Atacama+Desert (390 words)

	Atacama - Article from FactBug.org - the fast Wikipedia mirror site (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Atacama Desert is the driest desert on Earth (except perhaps for the McMurdo Dry Valleys in Antarctica) and is virtually sterile because it is blocked from moisture on both sides by the Andes mountains and by coastal mountains.
		The average rainfall in Antofagasta — a region in Chile which is part of the Atacama — is just 3mm per year, and there was a period of time where no rain fell there for 40 years.
		The Atacama has rich deposits of copper and other minerals, and the world's largest natural supply of sodium nitrate, which was mined on a large scale until the early 1940s.
	www.factbug.org /cgi-bin/a.cgi?a=2788 (474 words)

	Encyclopedia: Atacama Region (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		CopiapÃ³; is a city in the little North of Chile in the region of Atacama (III) and capital of a province of the same name.
		Geography of Chile Chile is divided into thirteen regions (in Spanish, regiones; singular regiÃ³n), each of which is headed by an intendant (intendente), appointed by the president.
		The Santiago Metropolitan Region (in Spanish, RegiÃ³n Metropolitana de Santiago) is a landlocked administrative region in central Chile.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Atacama-Region (512 words)

	ATARGATIS - LoveToKnow Article on ATARGATIS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		da ATACAMA, DESERT OF, an arid, barren and saline region of pa istern South America, covering the greater part of the Chilean ar ovinces of Atacama and Antofagasta, the Argentine territory ur Los Andes, and the south-western corner of the Bolivian in partment of PotosI.
		It is a broken, in~)untainous region, volcanic in places, saline in others, and R ages from 7oco to 13,500 ft. in general elevation.
		This se solate region, which is rainless and absolutely barren, and re is considered worthless for three and a half centuries, is now tli treasure-house of mineral wealth, abounding in copper, silver, tm id, nickel, cobalt, iron, nitrates and borax.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /A/AT/ATARGATIS.htm (2423 words)

	Atacama desert of Chile offers salt lakes and geysers.
		The Atacama Desert, running over 600 miles between the Pacific Ocean and the Andes Mountains is the most driest desert in the world.
		The village is the center of the Indian culture of Atacama, who inhabited the desert long ago.
		In the Atacama stay at the elegant Explora Atacama where no detail has been forgotten or at the Hotel Terrentai for more basic accommodations and a closer proximity to the town of San Pedro.
	www.lostworldadventures.com /countries/chile/regions/atacama_desert.htm (272 words)

	hotel atacama desert-viajes explora (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The southern region is characterized not to lodge to the Intermediate depression, since this one disappears in Reloncaví (the Lakes).
		Rains are increased in the southern region and the Mediterranean climate is characteristic of the central region.
		The southern region characterizes by a colder climate (warmed up and marine rainy) and in her precipitations distribute throughout the year equitably, reaching a maximum of about 5,080 mm in the neighborhoods of the Strait of Magellan.
	www.explora.com /atacama_desert/hotel.htm (1947 words)

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		Researchers studying prehistoric human migration patterns in northern Chile's Atacama Desert have concluded that a mysterious pattern of early occupation and abandonment of the region was related to climate change.
		Part of it, known as the Salar de Atacama, is a salt flat that so resembles the landscape of Mars that NASA uses it to test its other-planet dune buggies.
		A second question puzzling archaeologists was why the initial occupation of the Atacama region occurred 1,500 to 2,000 years later than in regions farther south.
	www.climateark.org /shared/reader/welcome.aspx?linkID=17031 (1420 words)

	Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This region has many globally known places and geographical accidents like Torres del Paine, Cape Horn, Tierra del Fuego island, and the Strait of Magellan.It also includes the Antarctic territory claimed by Chile.
		It is relatively easy to find penguins, ñandus, guanacos, condors, and other animals in their natural environment.
		This region is also home to the some of the most spectacular Adventure Racing in the world: Patagonia Expedition Race
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Magallanes_Region_of_Chile (161 words)

	Chile Travel Cruce de Lagos, Laguna San Rafael, Navimag : Region of Atacama
		--> III the Region, Region of Atacama is located in the north of the country and it extends between 25° 17´ and 29° 11´ of South latitude and from 68° 17´ of west longitude to the Pacific Ocean.
		The Region of Atacama is defined by the predominance of the semi-arid climate, characterized being less rigorous than in the north, due to the gradual increase towards the south of winter precipitation.
		In the Region the greater mountainous chain of the country is, with heights that surpass the 6,000 meters, on the level of the sea, in the heat of Mountain range of The $andes.
	www.chiletravel.com /chile/publish/article_99.shtml (409 words)

	SFL ORG. News Center Atacama telescope promises clues about formation of the universe
		The Atacama region of northern Chile is one of the highest and driest places on Earth -- a contradictory landscape of parched ground, cool salt lakes, archaeological treasures and the occasional startling band of hot-pink flamingos.
		As a survey tool, the Atacama telescope will be 30 times faster than current facilities and much more sensitive, allowing scientists to probe such fundamental questions as how galaxies form and how their clustering properties evolved.
		The Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA), which will be operated as a public facility by the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, will use interferometry to obtain extremely high-resolution images of galactic and extragalactic sources.
	www.sflorg.com /spacenews/sn050106_01.html (894 words)

	Work, Teach and Work, Teach and Volunteer Abroad with Alliance Abroad Group Group - Teach in Chile
		Region II is located in the north of Chile in the Atacama Desert area.
		Region VII is located in Central Chile with a Mediterranean warmth and humidity that promotes natural vegetation and cultivation of crops.
		The region is home of the Chilean huaso, or cowboy, and the quintessential Chilean customs and traditions that link to farming and agriculture.
	www.allianceabroad.com /ob/teach/chile_01.htm (689 words)

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		If Lehi landed in Chile at 30 degrees latitude, the he would have to travel north through the Atacama Desert which is bounded on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the east by the high Andean mountains, both of which are impassible by herds of animals on the hoof.
		The Atacama Desert of Chile is a sparsely populated virtually rainless plateau, running from the Pacific Ocean to the Andes Mountains.
		The climate ranges from rugged (arctic-like) conditions in the south, moderate to mild in the central regions, and in the north, the Atacama Desert is the driest in the world.
	www.xmission.com /~hunter/atacama.htm (915 words)

	atacama desert chile-viajes explora (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The mountain range of the $andes is wider in the northern region, in where are ample bulks and numerous mountains with altitudes superior to the 6,000 meters.
		is in a geologically unstable zone and periodically undergoes the effects of the seismic activity and volcanic atacama desert chile, due to the presence of the plate of It is born.
		The northern region is almost entirely desert, one of driest of the world; nevertheless, the temperatures are moderate by the presence of the cold current of Humboldt.
	www.explora.com /atacama_desert/chile.htm (2111 words)

	Welcome to San Pedro de Atacama Chile
		N ational visitors increased in 20,2 per cent (3.229) and in the case of foreign tourists it was registered an increase of 24,0 per cent (8.198) between January and February of 2004.
		According to the information, this increase is inserted within the rise of incoming tourists that was registered in the whole of the Second Region of the country and it was of about 9,1 per cent.
		The calculation was done based on a sample of 116 accommodations facilities, which detected the entry of 49.356 tourists during the festival time of this year, versus the 45.227 tourists registered in the last period.
	www.sanpedroatacama.com /ingles/novedades_30.htm (281 words)

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		The region is also known for its remarkable cuisine, noted for a wide range of fish and seafood offerings and tropical fruit such as mangoes, dwarf bananas, guavas, and the renowned Pica limes and Azapa olives.
		The town is also the gateway to the vast Atacama Salt Flats, with its beautiful lagoons teeming with flamingos, the Valley of the Moon with its bizarre rocky formations, and the El Tatio geysers that eject columns of water and steam at dawn.
		This sparsely populated region is characterized by harsh weather and a broken geography noted for tall mountains, swift rivers, deep fiords, glaciers, and heavy rainfall.
	www.morande.cl /en/wine/chile.asp (2453 words)

	Region Of Chile
		In this region it is possible to find beatifull beaches with semi tropical characteristics, warm and transparent water.
		This beautiful region is privileged to be equipped with an own landscape in spite of being most austral of the world.
		Mountains emphasize by on the 2,000 meters of height, next to rivers of different volumes, and abundant and varied range of nature and animals, in addition to its ice fields, glaciers, channels, fiords, bays and national parks.
	www.apecdoc.org /Chile/home_archivos/Regiones.htm (870 words)

	Republic of Chile - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Republic of Chile
		In an opencast copper mine in Chile, an explosion is used to break up the deposit of ore, which can then be removed in trucks or by railway to the mill, where it is crushed and any waste material removed.
		A strong navy was more important than a strong army to Chile's governments because it was the sea that united the country – travel by sea was for many years more important and rapid than that by land.
		Frontier disputes, reinforced by the discovery of nitrates in the Atacama Desert, culminated in the Pacific War against Peru and Bolivia (1879–83), in which Chile's superior navy and army were victorious.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Republic+of+Chile (2643 words)

	Atacama Desert @ National Geographic Magazine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Stretching 600 miles (1,000 kilometers) from Peru's southern border into northern Chile, the Atacama Desert rises from a thin coastal shelf to the pampas—virtually lifeless plains that dip down to river gorges layered with mineral sediments from the Andes.
		In the altiplano, the descendants of the region's pre-Columbian natives (mostly Aymara and Atacama Indians) herd llamas and alpacas and grow crops with water from snowmelt streams.
		Although rain rarely falls on the Atacama's coastline, a dense fog known as camanchaca is abundant.
	magma.nationalgeographic.com /ngm/0308/feature3 (871 words)

	Atacama Desert — Infoplease.com
		Antofagasta and other regional ports are without protected anchorages and are subject to frequent and severe earthquakes.
		Economically, the Atacama is declining, as reserves are depleted and the desert expands southward into once arable land.
		Sandboarding the dragon: Iquique, Chile, nestled between the Pacific and the Atacama Desert, is the birthplace of dune surfing.(SWEAT)...
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/world/A0805151.html (477 words)

	Northern Chile Atacama tour and travel package in San pedro de Atacama
		The vast and colorful Atacama Desert is said to be the driest desert in the world.
		San Pedro de Atacama and numerous oases along the río Loa and río Salado served as way-stations on pre-Inca trade routes linking the Amazon, the Altiplano and the coast.
		From north to south, the principal destination cities in northern Chile are Arica, Iquique, Calama, San Pedro de Atacama, and Antofagasta.
	www.chileantourism.cl /dw/northernchile_dw.htm (335 words)

	VisionChile.com: Fauna of Chile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Situated on a lateral branch of the Andes mountain range, this park is characterized by its volcanoes, forests, caves, rivers and lagoons.
		This conifer of slow growth and excellent wood is in danger of extinction and this park is one of its principle refuges.
		A field of ice extends from this mountain to surrounding hills and is the origen for 19 glaciers.
	www.visionchile.com /NationalParks.html (1040 words)

	Mars on Earth? Researchers find Mars-like conditions in a South American desert
		According to the researchers, the Atacama site they studied could serve as a valuable testbed for developing instruments and experiments that are better tailored to finding microbial life on Mars than the current generation.
		The reason Chile's Atacama Desert is so dry and virtually sterile, the researchers say, is because it is blocked from moisture on both sides by the Andes mountains and by coastal mountains.
		The scientists studied the driest part of the Atacama, an area in what is called a "double rain shadow." During the past four years, the team's sensor station has recorded only one rainfall, which shed a paltry 1/10 of an inch of moisture.
	www.brightsurf.com /news/jan_04/EDU_news_011404_d.php (1466 words)

	Chile.com: II Region: Technical data. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The total surface of the region is of 126,443.9 km square, with a population thatreaches the 410,724 inhabitants, according to the census of 1992.
		The main resources of the region are based on the mining activity, with copper locations as Chuquicamata or La Escondida and María Elena, a saltpeter office still in operation.
		The town is also the entrance door to the Salar of Atacama (with beautiful populated lagoons of flamingos), to the Valle de la Luna (of strange rocky formations) and to archaeological places as Túlor, a prehispanic village very well preserved.
	www.chile.com /tpl/articulo/detalle/ver.tpl?cod_articulo=1738 (947 words)

	Inventory of Conflict and Environment (ICE): Chile Bolivia War
		The Atacama desert is one of the driest locations on the planet, averaging less than half an inch of rain each year, often with numerous years passing without the area seeing a mere drop of rain.
		In addition to the guano, the Atacama region received deposits of minerals coming from water resulting from snow melting off of the western face of the Andes at the end of each winter.
		The dry climate of the Atacama region served as an excellent catalyst for the breeding of sodium nitrate.
	www.american.edu /ted/ice/chile-bolivia.htm (4957 words)

	Northern Chile : Attractions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Calama's airport is the closest to San Pedro, and the city is a convenient jumping-off point to the outdoor attractions and colonial villages that lie in the Atacama Desert region.
		For obvious reasons, solo travel is not the ideal way to explore this region, and really, rental vehicles are not necessary, considering the compact size of the village and the plentiful guided tours available to all destinations.
		Though the region receives only a few days of rainfall each year, it can come in a torrential downpour known as the "Bolivian Winter," which impedes travel and drowns the region in flash floods and causes substantial damage to roads and bridges.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/print-narrative.cfm?destID=2326&catID=2326010029 (409 words)

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