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Deserts can lie directly beside oceans, as the Namib and Atacama deserts do.

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INSUFFICIENT LEANING
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Is it true that deserts can lie directly beside oceans, as the Namib and Atacama deserts do?

Unclear. Several sources place the Atacama and the Namib on west coasts beside cold ocean currents, and one peer-reviewed study explicitly locates both deserts on the west coasts of their continents. Each item covers only one desert or speaks generally, so the evidence supports the claim in part rather than fully.

Verdict: PARTIAL LEAN · 8 sources for, 0 against · Last checked

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Evidence for · 8
Atacama Desert - Wikipedia
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Atacama Desert - Wikipedia. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atacama_Desert

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Climate variability at the southern boundaries of the Namib (southwestern Africa) and Atacama (northern Chile) coastal deserts during the last 120,000 yr
2004
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Stuut, J. W. & Lamy, F. (2004). Climate variability at the southern boundaries of the Namib (southwestern Africa) and Atacama (northern Chile) coastal deserts during the last 120,000 yr. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yqres.2004.08.001

Encyclopedia of World Climatology
2008
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Oliver, J. E. (2008). Encyclopedia of World Climatology. books.google.com. http://books.google.com/books?id=-mwbAsxpRr0C&dq=Deserts+can+lie+directly+beside+oceans,+as+the+Namib+and+Atacama+deserts+do.&hl=&as_pt=BOOKS&source=gbs_api

Types of Deserts
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Types of Deserts. (n.d.). pubs.usgs.gov. https://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/deserts/types/

Roccellinastrum, Cenozosia and Heterodermia: Ecology and phylogeny of fog lichens and their photobionts from the coastal Atacama Desert
2023
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Patrick, J., Lina, W., & Laura, B. (2023). Roccellinastrum, Cenozosia and Heterodermia: Ecology and phylogeny of fog lichens and their photobionts from the coastal Atacama Desert. zenodo.org. https://doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.98.107764

Geology
1999
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Chernicoff, S. (1999). Geology. books.google.com. http://books.google.com/books?id=ALGuIwSaabQC&dq=Deserts+can+lie+directly+beside+oceans,+as+the+Namib+and+Atacama+deserts+do.&hl=&as_pt=BOOKS&source=gbs_api

150 million years of climatic stability: evidence from the Atacama Desert, northern Chile
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150 million years of climatic stability: evidence from the Atacama Desert, northern Chile. (n.d.). cir.nii.ac.jp. https://doi.org/10.1144/0016-764904-071

The Namib
2002
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Goudie, A. S. (2002). The Namib. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199245154.003.0006

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