Geography
Geography of Weather
Quick fact
The Atacama Desert in Chile is one of the driest places on Earth, partly because the Andes Mountains block moisture from the Atlantic and a cold ocean current keeps rainfall away.
Why this is interesting
Have you ever wondered why it’s rainy in one city but dry just a few hundred kilometers away? The answer lies not in random chance, but in the geography of that place—its latitude, its mountains, and its proximity to oceans.