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Andes centrales: entre el nudo de Pasco y el nevado Tres Cruces (27° S) en límite entre Chile y Argentina. Andes meridionales: desde el nevado Tres Cruces hasta la isla de los Estados, al este de Tierra del Fuego. Por su posición en las zonas geoastronómicas la cordillera puede dividirse en Andes tropicales y Andes extra-tropicales.
- Andes tropicales
Los Andes Tropicales son la parte norte de las tres partes...
- Fauna de los Andes
La diversidad de animales en los Andes es alta, con casi 600...
- Andes tropicales
The Andes (/ ˈ æ n d iː z / AN-deez), Andes Mountains or Andean Mountain Range (Spanish: Cordillera de los Andes; Quechua: Anti) are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America.
- 6,961 m (22,838 ft)
- 330 km (210 mi)
- 8,900 km (5,500 mi)
19 de abr. de 2024 · Andes Mountains, South American mountain system that contains the highest peaks in the Western Hemisphere. One of the Earth’s great natural features, the Andes form an unbroken rampart over some 5,500 miles—from the southern tip of South America to the continent’s northernmost coast on the Caribbean.
- The Andes Mountains are a series of extremely high plateaus surmounted by even higher peaks that form an unbroken rampart over a distance of some 5...
- Some historians believe that the "Andes" in Andes Mountains comes from the Quechuan word anti (“east”). Others suggest it is derived from the Quech...
- About 250 million years ago, the crustal plates constituting Earth’s landmass were joined together into the supercontinent Pangaea. The breakup of...
- The highest point in the Andes Mountains is Mount Aconcagua, located in the Southern Andes Mountains. Although its peak is in Argentina, its wester...
- The highest altitude in the Andes Mountains at which people have resided permanently is 17,100 feet (5,212 metres; they were shepherds in southern...
The Andes (/ ˈ æ n d iː z / AN-deez), Andes Mountains or Andean Mountain Range (Spanish: Cordillera de los Andes; Quechua: Anti) are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America.
La cordillera de los Andes ocupa la zona occidental de América del Sur, bordeando toda su costa en el océano Pacífico. Tiene una longitud de 8500 kilómetros, por lo que es la cordillera continental más larga de la Tierra.
