Which one of the following deserts is famous for the deposits of Nitrates ........

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Which one of the following deserts is famous for the deposits of Nitrates?

Sahara

Gobi

Kalahari

Atacama

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Explanation:

Atacama deserts is famous for its nitrate deposits. The desert is littered with approximately 170 abandoned nitrate (or “saltpetre”) mining towns, almost all of which were shut down decades after the invention of synthetic nitrate in Germany at the turn of the 20th century.