If you visit Peru, you'll hear people say, "We never seen rain in Lima" -Mother city of the country. You will wondering how could this happened.
Perhaps this statement is too exaggerate. But there is something in it. Peru have unique climate in the world. You may have to wait 20 years to feel the rain down from the sky.
Perhaps this statement is too exaggerate. But there is something in it. Peru have unique climate in the world. You may have to wait 20 years to feel the rain down from the sky.
So how desert in Peru formed? This coastal desert located between the Andes Mountains and the Pacific Ocean. From a distance, it seems nothing along the coast except the rocks and sand. Due to erosion, many hillsides have been covered boulders tumbling brown. Gradually, these stones down the slope towards the sea, sometimes driven gently by earthquakes that often occur here. When the stones were reaching the beach, the waves of the Pacific gradually grind it into the sand, the wind-formed into dunes crescent. In some parts of this desert, there has never rained for 20 years, making it one of the driest places on earth.
Peruvian territory is located in a very vast desert along the Pacific coast of South America. This arid land spread from the Sechura Desert in north Peru to the Atacama Desert in northern Chile. Although its a wasteland, in fact green trees still thrive on it. The temperature was in the winter can reach 14 or 15 degrees Celsius.
The cold, humid air produced by the sea stays down along the coastline by the effect of the hot air masses of the continent, not just reducing the moisture in the air but also creating nearly 350 days of clear skies inland. Andes Range runs along the Atacama Desert, acting as a formidable natural barrier from the moisture of the Amazon, these protected sides, are also called the leeward side or the down-wind side.
How do people survive here? Culture of ancient Peru coastal areas-for example, Chimu and Mochica tribe (or Moche) -build a sophisticated irrigation system. Like the ancient Egyptians, this extensive agricultural project sustains a very organized civilization. Ancient Peruvians built cities more advanced, including the pyramid temples, large walls, and reservoirs, using bricks.
Today, many settlements coastal areas still rely on water tunnels and canals have been restored, which was first built thousands of years ago.