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Atacama is the ___

A.world’s highest navigable lake.

B.driest place in the world.

C.highest waterfall in the world.

D.largest rain forest in the world.

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B driest place in the world
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The correct answer is - B. driest place in the world.

The Atacama is a desert in South America. More specifically, it is located along the western coast of the continent, on the territory of the country of Chile. Even though the desert is relatively small, and is right next to the Pacific Ocean, it is the driest place in the world. It can go on without any rain for few decades, and the most extreme case was approximately one century without any rainfall. Still, there are plants and animals that prosper here, and even though there's no rainfall, they use the drops from the dense morning dew that appears every day because of the close proximity of the ocean waters.

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