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Anonymous Wed 20 May 00:17:17 2020 No.11690882 View Reply Original Report

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I know that deserts tend to crop up 30 degrees from the equator, but why is Australia mostly desert while southern Africa and mid-South America aren't?

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Anonymous Wed 20 May 2020 00:33:00 No.11690919 Report

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>southern Africa
Kalahari-Namibia (Benguela current)

>mid-South America
Patagonia-Atacama (Humboldt Current)
The Andes is a climatic barrier.

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Anonymous Wed 20 May 2020 00:45:27 No.11690954 Report

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Australia is the soil of Mars, dumped on Earth during the unstable periods of the Polar Configuration.

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Anonymous Wed 20 May 2020 00:55:49 No.11690995 Report

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Australia has bigger deserts because it is wider at lat 30, the moist from the sea doesn't reach it.

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