Atacama Desert
A dryland record linking plateau surfaces, salt basins, elevation, and coastal atmospheric control.
Drylands, salt basins, and arid plateaus.
The desert hub is for low-moisture landscapes where aridity, basin form, elevation, and coastal or continental exposure shape the terrain record.
Lead Records
Arid landscape anchors
Desert pages work best when they explain topography, moisture regime, basin structure, and surface conditions rather than generic regional overview.
Sahara
A continent-scale desert system suited to dune fields, rocky plateaus, and large-basin dryland structure.