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- Camanchacas are marine strato****ulus cloud banks that form on the Chilean coast, by the Earth's driest desert, the Atacama Desert, and move inland. In...
- corallina P. fragillima P. gracillima P. langei P. ligulata Synonyms Camanchaca Follmann & Peine (1999) Dictyographa Darb. (1897) Roccella sect. Pentagenella...
- during the southern hemisphere winter. In Chile, a similar fog is called camanchaca. Garúa brings mild temperatures and high humidity to a tropical coastal...
- Desert, where little rain ever falls, dense clouds of fog known as the camanchaca blow in from the sea and support plant life. In central Asia and other...
- windshield wipers because of deposition of liquid water on hard surfaces. Camanchaca is a similar, dense fog. Fog rolls into Seattle from the sea Sea fog or...
- some locations in the Atacama receive a marine fog known locally as the camanchaca, providing sufficient moisture for hypolithic algae, lichens, and even...
- locations in the Atacama do receive a marine fog known locally as the Camanchaca (garúa in Peru), providing sufficient moisture for hypolithic algae, lichens...
- which rolls in from the Pacific. The fog is called garúa in Peru and Camanchaca in Chile. According to the Köppen Climate classification system, the coastal...
- persistent morning drizzle. These are locally called 'garúa', 'llovizna' or 'camanchacas'. On the other hand, summer rain is infrequent and occurs in the form...
- Forest Corporation (CONAF) and Catholic University of Chile to exploit the camanchaca or garúa clouds which blanket the northern Chile coast in the southern...