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Is there a desert in Antarctica?

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Almost the whole continent is Desert, the largest contiguous desert on earth, and one of the dryest. Terain ranges from ice plains to dry valleys of rock and shale. From high mountains to the coast this unbroken desert covers almost the entirety of the worlds 5th largest continent.

The interior of the continent of Antarctica is the world's largest desert.

Wow nice i live like 3 miles away from the water where do you live????

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