South America

Patagonia
Location: Argentina east of the Andes Mountains
Size: 300,000 square miles
Type: cold winter
Features: gravel plains, plateaus, basalt sheets

Atacama
Location: Coasts of Peru and Chile
Size: 140,000 square miles
Type: cool coastal
Features: sand dunes, pebbles, lava, salt basins

 

Major Deserts of the World
Africa
Antarctica
Asia
Australia
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South America