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Answer:The Andes are not the only major mountain range in Peru.

The Andes spread across Peru, forming the largest concentration of snow peaks of the Americas. They are an intricate system of large and small mountain ranges -approximately 20 of them- crowned by a thousand summits that tower over 5,000 masl and more than thirty that rise above 6,000 masl. The best-known are the Cordillera Blanca and Huayhuash ranges in the department of Ancash; Vilcanota and Vilcabamba in Cuzco; Carabaya in Puno; Chila in Arequipa; La Viuda in Lima, and Pariacaca in Junín. Mountains in Peru are so pervasive that it is almost impossible to imagine a landscape without soaring peaks looming in the horizon. Only in the Amazon plain and some areas in the arid coastal desert does the land flatten out.

Besides splitting Peru's territory into two clearly defined regions, the Andes are the country's continental water- divide. This means that the summits of the Andes channel the water from rain and thawed glaciers in two diametrically opposite directions: to the West into the Pacific Ocean, and to the East into the large Amazon basin.

The Andes are mostly located slightly south of the Equator and this location has a decisive influence on the characteristics of Andean massifs. Therefore, although its summits remain perpetually snow-capped, Peru's Andes are, to a great extent, a tropical range.

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