Sechura Desert
LocationPeru
Area188,000 km2
ContinentSouth America
TypeCoastal
About Sechura Desert
Located between the Andes and the Pacific. The Humboldt Current creates the aridity. Phosphate mining is a major industry. El Nino brings occasional devastating floods.
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