All of the following are factors in the exceptional dryness of the Atacama Desert EXCEPT:

A) a location under a semi-permanent cell of high pressure.
B) a rain shadow effect caused by the Andes Mountains.
C) the influence of the cold Peru Current, which stabilizes the air.
D) a location deep in the interior of the continent, where moisture cannot reach.


D

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