Andean crest line

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The Andean crest line is the high mountainous ridge forming the main watershed and topographic spine of the Andes mountain range.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Andean crest line canonical 1
Andes watershed divide 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain ridge ⓘ
watershed divide ⓘ
associatedWith Andean orogeny ⓘ
glaciated peaks in high-elevation sectors ⓘ
seismic activity in the Andes ⓘ
characterizedBy high elevation ⓘ
contains Aconcagua region ⓘ
linked to: Aconcagua Region

Altiplano margins ⓘ
Cordillera Blanca region ⓘ
linked to: Cordillera Blanca
extendsThrough Argentina ⓘ
Bolivia ⓘ
Chile ⓘ
Colombia ⓘ
Ecuador ⓘ
Peru ⓘ
Venezuela ⓘ
follows main watershed of the Andes ⓘ
formedBy subduction of oceanic plates beneath the South American Plate ⓘ
forms topographic spine of the Andes ⓘ
formsBoundaryBetween Pacific drainage basins and Atlantic drainage basins in the Andes ⓘ
geologicalSetting convergent plate margin ⓘ
highestPointLocatedIn Central Andes ⓘ
influences regional climate patterns in the Andes ⓘ
river drainage patterns in western South America ⓘ
locatedIn South America ⓘ
orientation generally north–south ⓘ
parallelTo Andean volcanic arc ⓘ
partOf Andes ⓘ
separates Amazon Basin headwaters from Pacific coastal basins in many sectors ⓘ
usedAs reference for continental divide in parts of South America ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pacific slope of the Andes → borderedBy → Andean crest line ⓘ
Pacific Ocean drainage basin → borderedBy → Andes watershed divide ⓘ
linked to: Andean crest line