DRIEST PLACE ON EARTH.
According to the statisticians, Payta, Peru, which is about five degrees south of the equator, is the dryest spot on the face of the globe. Rain occurs at Payta only once in two years on the average, and the interval between showers is often much longer. In February, when a Canadian observer visited the place, the first rain in eight years had just wet ;he thirsty soil, having lasted from 10 p.m. until the following noon. Seven species of plants manage to exist in the dry climate, however, and the natives earn a livelihood by growing a species of cotton whose long roots find moisture in the bed of a dried up river.
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Thames Star, Volume LVII, Issue 15129, 21 February 1922, Page 6
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117DRIEST PLACE ON EARTH. Thames Star, Volume LVII, Issue 15129, 21 February 1922, Page 6
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