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From the top of the steep slope, the view is magnificent, and numerous resorts have been built up there on the desert plateau to capture it--though curiously most of the houses have little direct contact with the sea, which is far below, unenticing, rough and rather cold because of the Humboldt current coming up from Antarctica. They're not, because of the cold Humboldt Current that flows past them. Modern species living along the shores of Peru are adapted to the cool waters of the Humboldt Current, which skirts the coastline. |
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