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Subduction of nazca plate beneath TE south American plate since nazca plate is an oceanic plate, which means it is more dense than the south American plate, which is continental. Oceanic plates have 3.0g/cm^3 of density. Continental have 2.8g/cm^3 of density. Denser plate always sinks beneath less dense plates :)
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What landform is shared by both Peru and Ecuador?
The Andes Mountains.
What are the 5 tallest volcanoes in the western hemisphere and what mountain range are they in?
The 5 tallest volcanoes in the western hemisphere are: Ojos del Salado (Andes Range), Llullaillaco (Andes Range), Nevado Tres Cruces (Andes Range), Pissis (Andes Range), and Monte Pissis (Andes Range).
What mountains range crosses more lines of latitude than any other?
The Andes Mountains, which are located in South America. They are the longest mountain chain in the world
Is Mt Kilimanjaro in the Andes Mountains?
No, Mt Kilimanjaro is not in the Andes Mountains. It is located in Tanzania, Africa. The Andes Mountains are located in South America, running along the western coast.
The Andes are an extension to which two mountain chains in north America?
The Andes are an extension of the North American Rocky Mountains and the South American mountains that continue up through Central America.
What boundary is Peru-Chile Trench and Andes Mountains?
The Trench and Andes are on the boundaries of the Nazca and South American Plates. Both of those landforms are the result of a subducting Nazca Plate.
What boundary is Peru Chile Trench and Andes Mountains?
The Trench and Andes are on the boundaries of the Nazca and South American Plates. Both of those landforms are the result of a subducting Nazca Plate.
What is the cause of the Peru Chile Trench and the Andes Mountains?
The subduction of the Nazca plate beneath the South American plate.
What is the prominent mountain range of south America?
The main mountain range is the Andes Mountains.
What landform is shared by both Peru and Ecuador?
The Andes Mountains.
What type of mountains are the Andes range?
The Andes Mountains are Folded Mountains.
What chain of mountains lies between Chile and Argentina?
The Andes Mountains
Mountains to the west of south America?
The Andes Mountains
What mountains on the western edge of south America are the?
The Andes Mountains form the 'spine' of South America
What are human features from the Andes Mountains?
What are human features from the Andes Mountains?
How can you use the word Andes mountains in a sentence?
The headwaters of the great Amazon river are in the Andes mountains. The Inca people lived high in the Andes mountains. The American Rocky mountains are suppposedly part of the same chain as the Andes mountains.
What ancient American lived in the Andes Mountains?
The Incas lived in the Andes Mountains.
