World Record Name: The world dry polar: The Atacama Desert
World Record Creator: The Atacama Desert
World Record Holder: The Atacama Desert
World Record Field: World's driest regions
World Record Rules: The world's driest regions.
World Record Number: 20121000015
World Record Validity Period: Until the world record was broken.
World Record Witness: Carrying the Flag of World Records certified teacher 006
World Records Source: World record database of Carrying the Flag
Awarding Certificate Date: October 2, 2012
World Record Details:

     The world dry polar: The Atacama Desert. Atacama desert (Atacama Desert) Spanish for Desierto de Atacama. Arid regions of northern Chile. 1,000 to 1,100 kilometers from north to south (600 to 700 miles), the vast majority in Antofagasta (Antofagasta) and Atacama provinces territory. Including the west coast foothills east 普雷科迪耶 basin and pull (Precordillera) Mountains at the bottom of the alluvial fan. Edge of the boundary is not very clear. In Chile and Argentina and Bolivia Northeast junction with a 4,260 meters high (13,000 feet) altitude mountain plateau called Atacama. From the Amazon basin moist air mass blowing was Andes blocked the area become one of the world's most arid regions. Brought about by the Peruvian coast cold Antarctic cold, so cold on the warm air down, causing the inversion layer, is not conducive to rain. In a century, Iquique (Iquique) and Antofagasta only 2 to 4 times over the next heavy rain. Temperature is lower, Antofagasta average summer temperature 18 ℃ (65 ℉).