PLATE 11.2 The driest desert in the world, the Atacama, northern Chile. It rarely rains and no rivers cross the desert here to provide water for irrigation. A mist hangs over part of the landscape but it does not produce rain of any practical use PLATE 11.3 One of the highest mountains in the Andes, Huascaran, Peru. Three years after this picture was taken the town in the foreground,

DOI link for PLATE 11.2 The driest desert in the world, the Atacama, northern Chile. It rarely rains and no rivers cross the desert here to provide water for irrigation. A mist hangs over part of the landscape but it does not produce rain of any practical use PLATE 11.3 One of the highest mountains in the Andes, Huascaran, Peru. Three years after this picture was taken the town in the foreground,

PLATE 11.2 The driest desert in the world, the Atacama, northern Chile. It rarely rains and no rivers cross the desert here to provide water for irrigation. A mist hangs over part of the landscape but it does not produce rain of any practical use PLATE 11.3 One of the highest mountains in the Andes, Huascaran, Peru. Three years after this picture was taken the town in the foreground,