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  2. McMurdo Dry Valleys - Wikipedia

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    It is one of the driest places on Earth, [2] though there are several anecdotal accounts of rainfall within the Dry Valleys. [3] [4] The region is one of the world's most extreme deserts, and includes many features including Lake Vida, a saline lake, and the Onyx River, a meltwater stream and Antarctica's longest river.

  3. Dasht-e Lut - Wikipedia

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    Dasht-e Lut is one of the largest of these desert basins, 480 kilometers (300 mi) long and 320 kilometers (200 mi) wide, [11] and is considered to be one of the driest places on Earth. [12] [13] [14] The area of the desert is about 51,800 square kilometres (20,000 sq mi), [15] the largest in Iran after Dasht-e Kavir.

  4. Atacama Desert - Wikipedia

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    The Atacama Desert (Spanish: Desierto de Atacama) is a desert plateau located on the Pacific coast of South America, in the north of Chile.Stretching over a 1,600-kilometre-long (1,000-mile) strip of land west of the Andes Mountains, it covers an area of 105,000 km 2 (41,000 sq mi), [2] which increases to 128,000 km 2 (49,000 sq mi) if the barren lower slopes of the Andes are included.

  5. The Sahara Desert flooded for the first time in decades. Here ...

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    October 14, 2024 at 9:52 AM. (CNN) — Striking images from the Sahara Desert show large lakes etched into rolling sand dunes after one of the most arid, barren places in the world was hit with ...

  6. Don't let Death Valley's name scare you. This national park ...

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    Death Valley is known as America’s hottest, driest and lowest national park. It holds the Guiness World Record for the highest temperature ever recorded anywhere: 134 degrees on July 10, 1913.

  7. The driest desert on the planet is in bloom - AOL

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    The driest desert on the planet is in bloom. Laura Paddison, CNN. July 9, 2024 at 4:57 AM. The Atacama Desert in northern Chile is one of the driest places on Earth, but swaths of its usually ...

  8. Valle de la Luna (Chile) - Wikipedia

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    Valle de la Luna is a part of the Reserva Nacional los Flamencos and was declared a Nature Sanctuary in 1982 for its natural environment and strange lunar landscape, from which its name is derived. [1] The Atacama desert is also considered one of the driest places on earth, as some areas have not received a single drop of rain in hundreds of ...

  9. Quillagua - Wikipedia

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    Quillagua. Quillagua is an oasis in the Tocopilla Province, in the Antofagasta Region of northern Chile. It is a part of the commune of María Elena. The Loa River is crossed by the Pan-American Highway in this area. According to the Dirección Meteorológica de Chile, Quillagua is drier than Arica and thus it is the driest place on Earth.