Andes

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The Andes is the longest continental mountain range in the world, stretching along the western edge of South America and encompassing some of the planet’s highest peaks outside of Asia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature
mountain range
biome montane forest
puna grassland
páramo
climate varies from tropical to cold alpine
contains Altiplano plateau
Atacama Desert margins
many active volcanoes
some of the highest peaks outside Asia
continent South America
country Argentina
Bolivia
Chile
Colombia
Ecuador
Peru
Venezuela
culturalSignificance core region of Inca civilization
drainage Amazon Basin headwaters
linked to: Andes

Atlantic Ocean watersheds
Orinoco Basin headwaters
Pacific Ocean watersheds
economicActivity agriculture on terraced slopes
mining
pastoralism
elevation about 22,838 feet
about 6,961 metres
extendsFrom Venezuela
extendsTo southern tip of South America
formedBy subduction of Nazca Plate beneath South American Plate
highestPeak Aconcagua
languageRegion Aymara
Quechua
length about 4,300 miles
about 7,000 kilometres
locatedAlong western edge of South America
locatedIn Andes
Andes
locatedOn South America
notableFeature second-highest of the Seven Summits (Aconcagua)
orientation north–south
partOf Pacific Ring of Fire
region Dry Andes
linked to: Puna de Atacama

Patagonian Andes
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Tropical Andes
linked to: Andes

Wet Andes
linked to: Patagonia
southernExtent Tierra del Fuego
linked to: Patagonia
superlative longest continental mountain range in the world
tectonicSetting convergent plate boundary

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Chile mountainRange Andes
Pacific Ring of Fire hasPart Andes volcanic belt
linked to: Andes
Ojos del Salado locatedIn Andes
Aconcagua locatedIn Andes
subject linked to: Andes
Andes region Tropical Andes
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Andes region Patagonian Andes
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Altiplano locatedIn Andes
subject linked to: Andes
Andes drainage Amazon Basin headwaters
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Ecuador includes Andean highlands
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Ecuador mountainRange Andes
Bogotá locatedIn Andes Mountains
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Atacama Desert partOf Andes region
linked to: Andes
Santiago mountainRangeNearby Andes Mountains
linked to: Andes
Peru contains Andes Mountains
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Patagonia contains Andes
Patagonia borders Andes
Frederic Edwin Church notableWork The Andes of Ecuador
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Cerro Manqui partOf Andes
Southern Cone geopolitical region of Chile hasFeature Andes mountain ranges
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Quechua geographicRegion Andes
Quechua geographicRegion Central Andes
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Bolivia hasMajorGeographicFeature Andes Mountains
linked to: Andes
Limarí Province hasGeographicFeature Andes foothills
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Aymara region Central Andes
linked to: Andes
Cundinamarca locatedIn Andes
subject linked to: Cundinamarca region
Argentina hasRegion Andes
Argentina mountainRange Andes
Northern Chile hasFeature Andes Mountains
subject linked to: northern Chile
linked to: Andes
Kichwa region Andes
Aconcagua locatedIn Andes
Aconcagua partOf Principal Cordillera of the Andes
linked to: Andes
Aconcagua range Andes
Quito locatedIn Andes Mountains
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Nazca Plate drivesOrogeny Andes Mountains
linked to: Andes
Nazca Plate influencesTopographyOf Andes Mountains
linked to: Andes