DEFINITION OF COASTAL DESERTS

There are some deserts that are located along coastlines,

where intuition would seem to indicate that moisture should

be plentiful. However, the driest place on Earth is the Atacama

Desert, located along the coast of Peru and Chile. The

Namib Desert of southern Africa is another coastal desert,

which is known legendarily as the Skeleton Coast, because it

is so dry that many of the large animals that roam out of the

more humid interior climate zones perish there, leaving their

bones sticking out of the blowing sands.

How do these coastal deserts form adjacent to such large

bodies of water? The answer lies in the ocean currents, for in

these places cold water is upwelling from the deep ocean,

which cools the atmosphere. The effect is similar to rainshadow

deserts, where cold air can hold less moisture, and the

result is a lack of rain.

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