The Atacama Desert

The Atacama Desert: The driest desert in the world Kelsey Graczyk

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The Nervous System : - consists of the brain and the spinal cord, and the peripheral nervous system ,[object Object],[object Object]

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Location of Atacama Desert: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Physical Conditions: -covering a 966 km (600 mi) strip of land on the Pacific coast of South America -20 million-year-old desert is 50 times drier than California’s Death Valley. -occupies 181,300 square kilometers (70,000 mi²) in northern Chile, composed mostly of salt basins, sand, and lava flows. -virtually sterile because it is blocked from moisture on both sides by the Andes mountains and by the Chilean Costal Range. -extends from the Pacific Ocean to the Andes Mountains and in the middle of this desert, at an altitude of 7,000 feet

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Maximum temperatures humans can endure: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Adaptations of the human body in the desert: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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