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in Class 12 by kratos

Give reasons for the following:-

There is heavy rainfall in Queensland but the Atacama desert is arid.

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by kratos
 
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Queensland’ coast is touched by the warm east ***** current and gets heavy rainfall by trade winds from sea towards land, but Atacama desert is touched by cold Peruvian current and the westerlies blowing from land towards sea make Atacama the cold driest desert in the world.

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