1 Its high-altitude location, up to 13,000 feet (4,000 meters), in northern Chile and southern Peru. 2  To the west of the Andes, the Atacama Desert is stuck between the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Andes Mountain Chain to the east. 3  Its lack of precipitation.n inch of rain represents multiple years worth of rain for the Atacama Desert. Areas this dry simply cannot handle a large amount of rain in a short period of time. The rock hard ground does not absorb the water. The lack of vegetation leads to rapid erosion and a massive generation of mud.
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