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The Andes
Also Known As Cordillera de los Andes The range's Spanish name, in everyday use across the seven Andean nations.
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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 south, the longest continental mountain range on Earth. Formed by the subduction of the Nazca and Antarctic plates beneath the South American plate, it holds the hemisphere's highest peak, Aconcagua, and a chain of active volcanoes running much of its length.
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Highest Elevation (m)Elevation given for Aconcagua, the range's highest peak. Cross-Tradition Connections
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This source names Patagonia directly: "through Peru, Bolivia, and Chile to Patagonia in the south, the longest continental mountain range on Earth."
The Andes are raised along a convergent boundary where the Nazca and Antarctic plates subduct beneath the South American plate.
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..."
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The Andes were raised by ongoing subduction-driven orogeny along South America's Pacific margin, alongside the volcanism it also drives.
A volcanic arc built by subduction-driven volcanism along the Pacific margin of South America.
Sources
1. National Geographic Atlas of the World
National Geographic Society, 2019
2. United States Geological Survey
3. Andes (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationInfobox coordinatesQuote, Infobox coordinates
32°S 70°W / -32; -70
3. Andes (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: Chile, LeadQuote, Associated With: Chile, Lead
The Andes extend from south to north through seven South American countries: Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, and Venezuela.
3. Andes (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: Bolivia, LeadQuote, Associated With: Bolivia, Lead
The Andes extend from south to north through seven South American countries: Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, and Venezuela.
3. Andes (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationDemonstrates: Rock Cycle, Geology, Orogeny subsectionQuote, Demonstrates: Rock Cycle, Geology, Orogeny subsection
It was during the Cretaceous Period that the Andes began to take their present form, by the uplifting, faulting, and folding of sedimentary and metamorphic rocks of the ancient cratons to the east.
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Plate Tectonics (Wikipedia)
Orogeny (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationShaped By: Orogeny, BodyQuote, Shaped By: Orogeny, Body
The convergence may take the form of subduction or continental collision.
Peru (Wikipedia)
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