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World Coldest Desert - introduction

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There are many land features on the earth like Mountains, Plateau, Hills, Desert etc.  So Desert is an arid area which is received less than 10 inches rain. SO here is the introduction of the world cool or cold desert . Namib Desert: Namib a cool coastal desert  and it is   spreading  for 1,900 km on the Atlantic coast of Africa .  It is spreading inland  from  130 to 160 km from the bottom of the Great Escarpment. The southern part unifies with the Kalahari with  the plateau atop the escarpment. Its name comes  from the Nama language  meaning “an area where there is nothing.” Atacama Desert: The Atacama Desert  the Spanish meaning Desierto de Atacama  means the cool, arid area in northern Chile, 1,000 to 1,100 km  from  north to south. Its boundaries  are not exactly resolute, but it lies mainly between the south turn of the Loa River and the mountains abstracted the Salado-CopiapĆ³ drainage basinful. To the north, the desert continues to the border of Peru. Gobi