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Andes
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.
603 Questions
Are all the survivors still alive from the 1972 Andes plane crash?
Yes, there are all very much alive and doing well. Four of them gave moral support to the trapped Chilean miners via videoconference a month before they were rescued.
What is the capital of Peru a country where Andes cover oer twenty five percent of the land?
Lima is the capital and the largest city of Peru.
How does elevation affect the type of agricultural activities that occur in the Andes Mountains?
As you go higher into the Andes mountains it gets colder and drier. The altiplano region is a desert. Thus, the agriculture becomes irrigation dependent and the crops or livestock need to be adapted to these conditions.
Why did farmers in the Andes and in Mesoamerica develop advance agricultural techniques?
So they can grow crops
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.
How do you get rid of wasps around a pool?
If you have a paintball gun shoot it but if you don't have one then spay it with a hose.
Why did the people need terraces and canals to form the Andes?
people needed terraces and canals to farm in the Andes.Because that canals gave the plant's and food water. People who lived in Andes farmed on terraces they built into sides of mountains.
How are alpacas adapted to the Andes?
Their thick fur make them resistant to cold and hooves ideal for rocky slopes and trails.
The Andes Mountains are younger than the Appalachian Mountains because?
The Andes are located on an active contintal margin and are still forming and the Appalachians are on a passive continental margin
Into what three areas do the Andes mountains divide the andean countries?
coastal plains, highlands, and forests
Where are the alps Andes and Himalayas mountains located?
The Alps are in Europe.
The Andes are in South America.
The Himalayas are in Asia.
is a mountain that has been form wHen two tictonic plates hit each other then fold to crate a mountain that is why is folded mountain
folded mountains are formed when land is squeezed/compressed. The land buckles and folds, which can be seen in folded layers of rock. The Appellations mountains are very old folded mountains that have been worn down by weathering and erosion.
Do the Andes Mountains run through Mexico?
yes, actually the Andes run through 7 countries Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela, These are known as the Andean states.
yes the Andes mountains do run through Ecuador. they also run through venezuala Columbia ecudor Peru Bolivia Chile and Argentina
What is the highest navigable lake in the world?
It is Lake Titicaca Lake Titicaca is the highest navigable body of water in the world, located in the border of Bolivia and Peru in the Andes Mountains.
In the Andes Mountains approximately how many mountains rise about 20000 feet?
There are about 46 that rise 20000 feet
Who were the Chibcha are indigenous people of the eastern cordillera of the Andes of Colombia?
The Chibcha indigenous people were the most highly developed of the Colombians
How was the Andes Mountains and Cascade Mountains most likely formed?
A convergent boundary between an oceanic plate and a continental plate.
