A record drought in Central Chile produce what remains the driest year in Santiago (66.1 millimetres or 2.60 inches) and Valparaíso (58 millimetres or 2.28 inches), as well as the driest until 1996 in Concepción with 671.9 millimetres or 26.45 inches.
↑Paskoff, Roland P.; ‘Geomorphological Processes and Characteristic Landforms in the Mediterranean Regions of the World’; Mediterranean Type Ecosystems; in Ecological Studies, Volume 7, 1973, pp 53–60