Four Most Extreme Places on Earth

In the desert of the northern Chile in South America, there is one unknown place, which is regarded as the driest part of the earth. From 1845 to 1936, with a duration time of 91 years, there was not even a drop of rain falling off its ground. It is said to be the driest place in the world as no precipitation has ever been recorded.

The Driest Place

It is amazing to learn that such place was experiencing the extreme weather as northern Chile is situated close to the ocean. Why did this phenomenon occur here? The reason is that it is situated adjacent to the high pressure of subtropical region, coupling with its geographical location which is in the Peru cold spell flowing route.

As the cold spell has a relatively low temperature, the air above the ground is stable, and thus the air parcel is not being lifted upwards to the air. Even near to the sea, the air parcel cannot be lifted up to the higher altitude to form a group of cloud. Therefore, the water vapor cannot be condensed into rain at the high altitude. Despite of this reason, this place has hardly being precipitated and thus it is considered as the top driest place on the earth.

The Hottest Place

When the season enters summer, the temperature rises to above 35 degree Celsius, a range of temperature which most people could not bear on even for those who dwelt close to the coastal shore. In fact, 35 degree Celsius is not too high.

In Turban Basin (as shown in the picture) in Xinjiang, China, a place which is called “Volcano land” locally has its maximum temperature recorded as 47.8 degree Celsius in July 1941. This is indeed extremely hot as you can feel your skin being charcoaled. This fact is so true that the flying birds even dare not to come even though they are 500km away from here. The temperature becomes hotter when the summer approaches. Nevertheless, the temperature of 47.8 degree Celsius is not an extreme temperature ever recorded on the earth.

If we explore to the lands scattering around the map, we will encounter a place called Death Valley which is situated in California. It was recorded that from July 6 to August 17, 1917 for almost 43 consecutive days, the temperature was recorded over 48 degree Celsius. This temperature was slightly lower as compared to 1913, when the Death Valley has its temperature recorded as 56.7 degree Celsius. After 5 years of 1917, Libya was recorded the highest temperature of 58 degree Celsius on September 13. Despite of this extreme temperature, it was regarded as the hottest place in the world.