What deserts can you find in Latin America?

There are no deserts in central America. To answer, I have to go further south and you would not imagine any of them to be deserts. A desert is defined by being dry. All of them are dry because they are in a rain shadow east of the Andes peaks. read more

The two biggest deserts in Latin America are the Sonora desert between Mexico and the United States, and the Atacama desert in Chile bordering Bolivia and Peru. There are smaller deserts. In my country, Colombia, there are two: La Guajira and La Tatacoa, as well as many arid places that are not usually regarded as true deserts. read more

The term "Latin America" is commonly used to refer to the portion of North America south of the United States, all of South America, and some of the Carribean. read more

Latin America normally means south of Mexico. There are no deserts in central America. To answer, I have to go further south and you would not imagine any of them to be deserts. A desert is defined by being dry. All of them are dry because they are in a rain shadow east of the Andes peaks. read more