The high Andean lands of western South America, the human and ecological zone shaped by the Andes mountain range rather than the range's bare geology, spanning parts of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile and Argentina. Elevation governs nearly everything about the region: distinct ecological zones stack from tropical lowland forest through temperate highland valleys to permanent snowline within short horizontal distances, and high-altitude agriculture and pastoralism, most famously of the potato and of llamas and alpacas, developed here in forms found nowhere else at comparable scale.
Facts
Disputed
Population2012 estimate: about 44 percent of the seven Andean countries' combined population lived within the mountainous Andes region itself, narrower than the seven countries' full national population. Classification
Region TypePhysiographic or Climatic Region 1 Region TypePhysiographic or Climatic Region 1 Area (sq km) Connections
Associated With
This source names The Andes directly: "spanning windswept steppe east of the Andes and fjord-cut coastline and glaciers to the west."
Source Encyclopaedia Britannica
Source South America (Wikipedia)
This source names The Andes directly: "The Andes is the mountain range running roughly 7,000 kilometers down the western edge of South America, from Venezuela and Colombia in the north through Peru, Bolivia, and Chile to Patagonia in the..."
Source Encyclopaedia Britannica
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Agriculture and Farming Atlas: Alpaca, found there there.
- Also in Agriculture and Farming Atlas: Common Bean, found there there.
- Also in Agriculture and Farming Atlas: Cotton, found there there.
- Also in Agriculture and Farming Atlas: Guinea Pig, found there there.
- Also in Agriculture and Farming Atlas: Kañiwa, found there there.
- Also in Agriculture and Farming Atlas: Llama, found there there.
- Also in Agriculture and Farming Atlas: Peanut, found there there.
- Also in Agriculture and Farming Atlas: Potato, found there there.
- Also in Agriculture and Farming Atlas: Potato Cyst Nematode, is where this subject originated.
- Also in Agriculture and Farming Atlas: Yacon, found there there.
- Also in Food and Drink Atlas: Anticuchos, is where this subject originated.
- Also in Food and Drink Atlas: Cherimoya, is where this subject originated.
- Also in Food and Drink Atlas: Chicha, is where this subject originated.
- Also in Food and Drink Atlas: Kaniwa, is where this subject originated.
- Also in Food and Drink Atlas: Locro, is where this subject originated.
- Also in Food and Drink Atlas: Quinoa, is where this subject originated.
- Also in Food and Drink Atlas: Tomato, is where this subject originated.
- Also in Food and Drink Atlas: Yacon Syrup, is where this subject originated.
- Also in History Atlas: Spanish Conquest of the Inca Empire, the location of this there.
- Also in History Atlas: The Inca Imperial Period, found there there.
- Also in Language Atlas: Nasa Yuwe, found there there.
- Also in Language Atlas: Quechuan, found there there.
Sources
1. The Andes (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationIntroductionQuote, Introduction
The Andes ( 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.
2. Wikidata
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata Q5456, statement P2046 (area)Quote, Wikidata Q5456, statement P2046 (area)
3,300,000 square kilometre
3. Population in the Andean Region (GRID-Arendal)
GRID-ArendalPopulation in the Andean RegionQuote, Population in the Andean Region
about 44 per cent (75 million people in 2012) of the total population of the seven countries live within the Andes mountainous region
National Geographic Atlas of the World
National Geographic Society, 2019
Andes (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationLead section, IPA pronunciationQuote, Lead section, IPA pronunciation
Andes /ændiːz/ AN-deez
Wikidata: The Andes
Wikidata Q5456, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source South America (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: South America, Geography sectionQuote, Associated With: South America, Geography section
The geography of western South America is dominated by the Andes mountains; in contrast, the eastern part contains both highland regions and vast lowlands where rivers such as the Amazon, Orinoco and Parana flow.
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