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The Sahara (the world's largest and hottest desert, with temperatures reaching 57.6Â°C (136Â°F) and the Atacama (the world's driest desert) on the coast of Chile and the Kalahari in Africa were formed in this way.The Gobi Desert is a cold winter desert and daytime temperatures can drop to -30Â°C (22Â°F).he Sahara (the world's largest and hottest desert, with temperatures reaching 57.6Â°C (136Â°F) and the Atacama (the world's driest desert) on the coast of Chile and the Kalahari in Africa were formed in this way.
The Atacama Desert of northern Chile is the world's second driest region (icy Antarctica is first). Although the Tropic of Capricorn passes through the region, the Atacama desert lies in the rain shadow of Chile's Coast Range, which squeezes out the moisture from the atmosphere.