south america has both the wettest and direst places on earth? true or false,(false) i think the united state has both
I found a lot of conflicting information about the wettest place on earth. Some sources claim it's Hawaii (U.S.), while others claim it's Colombia in South America.
However, it's well established that the Atacama Desert in South America is the driest place on earth.
http://www.extremescience.com/DriestPlace.htm
Please check your textbook to see what its author says.
New information -- Antarctica has the driest place on earth.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atacama_Desert
My answer is true
False. South America does indeed have the wettest place on Earth, which is located in the Guiana Highlands of northern South America. The region known as Lloró, in Colombia, receives the highest average annual precipitation of any inhabited place on Earth. However, South America does not have the driest place on Earth.
The United States, on the other hand, does have both the wettest and driest places on Earth. The wettest place is Mount Waialeale, located on the island of Kauai in Hawaii, which receives an incredible amount of rainfall each year. The driest place is Death Valley, located in California, which is one of the hottest and driest places in the world.