The average rainfall in the Antofagasta is just 1 millimetre (0.04 in) per year.
From the coast, east to the Chilean Coast Range, is the south-central part of the Atacama Desert, the driest desert in the world.
Further to the east, it is part of the less arid Central Andean dry puna ecoregion.
The surroundings of abandoned Yungay town have been named the driest place in the world.
The average rainfall in the Antofagasta is just 1 millimetre (0.04 in) per year. From the coast, east to the Chilean Coast Range, is the south-central part of the Atacama Desert, the driest desert in the world. Further to the east, it is part of the less arid Central Andean dry puna ecoregion. The surroundings of abandoned Yungay town have been named the driest place in the world.
Antofagasta Region