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The longest continental mountain range in the world, Andes is a chain of uplands in the western coast of South America. The range is approximately 7,000 kilometers long, between 200 km to 700 km wide and about 4,000 meters tall.

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What is the name of the worlds highest mountain range located in central Asia?

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Your question is confusing, but Mount Everest is the highest mountain, and it's in the Himalayas in Asia.

The Himalayas are the highest mountain range. They're not in any one country, it spans over Afghanistan, China, India, Pakistan, and Nepal.

Mount Everest is in Tibet.

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What is the highest mountain on earth from it's peak to it's base?

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Actually the tallest mountain on earth is Mauna Kea, in Hawaii. When you measure from the base to the peak, it is more than 4000 ft taller then Mount Everest. However, the mountain starts on the ocean floor, so you can see most of it, unless underwater.

Does soccer have any cultural significance?

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Depending on whether you are talking about British football, which is soccer, or American football, which is probable, the history behind American football is that Rugby, which is played in most British schools, was the basis for someone at Harvard back in the 19th century to come up with a game with similar rules to be played at this college.

Where does the Andes start and where does it end?

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The Tees is a river in Northern England is 85 miles long and rises on the eastern slope of Cross Fell in the Pennines and flows to the North Sea between Hartlepool and Redcar. At one point the infant Tees is only about 50 yards or so from its South Tyne brother - but flowing already in different directions!

What lives in the Andes?

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there are lamas small cat s that has a long tail and a noblella pygmaea which is a small frog

Facts about Andes mountains?

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facts about canyons any canyons i just need the answer

Are the Andes mountains and the Rocky Mountains the same mountain chain?

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The Andes Mountains, even though they are very tall, do not compare with the Himalayas,

What geographical process caused the Andes Mountains?

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folding of the plates

What is the highest mountain in Chile?

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The highest mountain in Chile is the Ojos del Salado, a massive volcano in the Andes mountain range. Ojos del Salado is the tallest active volcano in the world at 22,615 feet and the second tallest mountain in the Western Hemisphere. The mountain is home to the tallest permanent crater lake which can be found at an elevation of 20,960 feet and is on the eastern side of the mountain.

What is tallest volcano in the the Andes and how tall is it?

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Galdhøpiggen, 2469 metres over the sea.

What makes the Andes mountainhs unique?

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the Andes are unique because they are one of the tallest and longest mountains in the world

Why do people viset the Andes?

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its good

Is the Andes mountain folded?

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Yes, the Andes Mountain was formed by folding.

Does the Andes go through Brazil?

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No. Those are in western South America, crossing trough Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela.

The Andes mountains are an extension of which two mountain chain in north America?

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Rocky mountains and Appalachian Mountains

What created the Andes?

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The collision of the Nazca Plate and the South American Plate.

Describe the Andes mountains?

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The Andes are the longest mountain chain of mountains in the world.

What type of plate boundary is the Andes mountains?

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The type of boundary that the Andes mountains are, in South America, is a convergent plate boundary. This was formed from the collision of the South American plate boundary and the Nazca plate.

What are some ways people have changed the Andes mountains?

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People have built towns, cities, highways and roads, utility lines, pipelines and aqueducts. People have also disturbed some areas by mining operations. However, the vast majority of the desert is virtually undisturbed.