What are two natural occurrences common in the Andes, that cause the mountains to rise and the coast to sink?
Yes many different types of metals were found in the Andes mountains until there was a rise in goat population and all the goats ate the metal. For more on this info go to goatseatmetal.com.
Peru and it travels through Brazil, Peru and Columbia
The source is Thaba Putsoa in the Drakensburg Mountains in Lesotho. The mouth is Alexander Bay, the Atlantic Ocean
The Arkenu Mountains, deep in the Libyan desert are flat topped mountains that rise to about 5,000 ft.
Both the Amazon and the Atacama desert owe their very existence to the Andes Mountains. The general flow of the atmosphere is from east to west in South America. As the Atlantic moisture is forced up the high Andes Mountains it drops most of its rain and snow on the eastern slopes that feed the Amazon River and its tributaries. Since the moisture has difficulty crossing the mountains, the western side lies in a rain shadow and little to no precipitation occurs, forming the Atacama Desert.
There are about 46 that rise 20000 feet
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What are two natural occurrences common in the Andes, that cause the mountains to rise and the coast to sink?
Peru
Yes many different types of metals were found in the Andes mountains until there was a rise in goat population and all the goats ate the metal. For more on this info go to goatseatmetal.com.
The South American Plate and the Nazca Plate are colliding, causing the rise of the Andes Mountains through a process known as subduction. The Nazca Plate is being forced beneath the South American Plate, leading to the formation of the mountain range.
Volcanic eruptions and earthquakes.
Peru and it travels through Brazil, Peru and Columbia
The Andes Mountain Range is a result of the Nazca Plate subducting under the South American Plate.
It rises in the Shehy Mountains near Gougane Barra, which is in county Cork.
The Orange River rises in Lesotho in the Drakensberg Mountains and flows westward into the Atlantic Ocean. The river is 1,300 miles in length.