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Why there are glaciers in the southern Andes and Rain forest in the northern Andes?
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How are mountain ridges in Los Andes South America and Himalayas Asia formed?
i built them
Where is Mount Ruiz located?
It's a volcano in the Cordillera Central of the Andes, west-central Colombia.
What are two layers of earth in which convection currents takes place?
dont known tell me
Mountains of South America?
Some of the mountain ranges in South America include the Andes and Hornby Mountains. There are also the Wilhelmina and the Bakhuis Mountains.
What is the highest point in latin America?
La Rinconada, Peru is the highest city in the world at 16,728 feet above sea level.
Why are glaciers in the southern Andes?
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Where is the Atacama Desert located in relation to the Andes Mountains?
The Atacama is located to the west of the Andes Mountains in northern Chile and southern Peru.
What is the desert is located in northern Chile that is bordered by the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Andes mountains to the east?
The Atacama Desert of northern Chile and southern Peru is located between the Andes and the Pacific.
Who lives in the Altiplano of South America?
The Andes of Ecuador, southern Peru, northern Bolivia, and northern Chile.
What are long narrow glaciers form between mountains and are common in the Alps and the Andes.?
valley glaciers
What Narrow glaciers form between mountains and are common in the Alps and the Andes.?
valley glaciers
What are facts about the Andes Mountains?
it has the longest mountain range and they can be divided into 3 sections northern, central and southern
These glaciers are common in the alps and Andes?
valleys
On what side of the Andes is there desert and semiarid climates?
In the northern half of South America, the deserts (Atacama, Sechura) are on the western side of the Andes. In the southern half of the continent, the deserts (Patagonian and Monte) are to the east of the Andes Mountains.
Does it rain a lot in the Andes mountains?
Mountain-ey?
Glaciers in Andes?
There are many large and often beautiful glaciers in the Andes. Because many of these are in a tropical region they act as kind of warning for climatalogical conditions. Over the past 20-30 years the Andes glaciers have lost 30-50 % of their mass. This will have a very serious effect on farming all around this long range of mountains.
Is the Atacama Desert in the northern Andes?
The Atacama lies just west of the Andes in northern Chile (west-central South America). It is not found in the northern Andes.
