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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.
Mountain Ranges and Massifs

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.

Facts
Length (km)
7000 1
Highest Elevation (m)
6961 2
Elevation given for Aconcagua, the range's highest peak.
Latitude
32 degrees south 3
Longitude
70 degrees west 3
Connections

Associated With

Bolivia, Countries
Source Andes (Wikipedia)
Chile, Countries
Source Andes (Wikipedia)
Cotopaxi, Landforms

Cotopaxi is an active stratovolcano in the Andes Mountains.

Source Cotopaxi (Wikipedia)

Lake Titicaca is a large lake in the Andes mountains.

Source Lake Titicaca (Wikipedia)
Patagonia, Regions

This source names Patagonia directly: "through Peru, Bolivia, and Chile to Patagonia in the south, the longest continental mountain range on Earth."

Source Encyclopaedia Britannica
Peru, Countries
Source Peru (Wikipedia)
Plate Tectonics, Physical Processes

The Andes are raised along a convergent boundary where the Nazca and Antarctic plates subduct beneath the South American plate.

Source Plate Tectonics (Wikipedia)
The Andes, Regions

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

Demonstrates

Source Andes (Wikipedia)

Shaped By

The Andes were raised by ongoing subduction-driven orogeny along South America's Pacific margin, alongside the volcanism it also drives.

Source Orogeny (Wikipedia)

A volcanic arc built by subduction-driven volcanism along the Pacific margin of South America.

Source United States Geological Survey
Sources
1. National Geographic Atlas of the World
National Geographic Society, 2019
2. United States Geological Survey
United States Geological SurveyView the Source
3. Andes (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Infobox coordinates
    32°S 70°W / -32; -70
  • Associated With: Chile, Lead
    The Andes extend from south to north through seven South American countries: Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, and Venezuela.
  • Associated With: Bolivia, Lead
    The Andes extend from south to north through seven South American countries: Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, and Venezuela.
  • 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.
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Encyclopaedia Britannica
Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.AndesView the Source
Wikidata: The Andes
Wikidata Q5456, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926); EntityTypeKey=landform disambiguates against the geography region entity of the same slug.View the Source
Plate Tectonics (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: Plate TectonicsView the Source
Orogeny (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationShaped By: Orogeny, Article text
Quote, Shaped By: Orogeny, Article text
The convergence may take the form of subduction (where a continent rides forcefully over an oceanic plate to form a noncollisional orogen) or continental collision (convergence of two or more continents to form a collisional orogeny).
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Peru (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: PeruView the Source
Cotopaxi (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: Cotopaxi, Lead section
Quote, Associated With: Cotopaxi, Lead section
Cotopaxi (US: KOH-tə-PAHK-see, UK: KOT-ə-PAK-see, Spanish: [kotoˈpaɣsi]) is an active stratovolcano in the Andes Mountains, located in Cotopaxi National Park in Cotopaxi Province, about 50 km (31.1 mi) south of Quito, and 31 km (19 mi) northeast of the city of Latacunga, Ecuador.
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Lake Titicaca (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: Lake Titicaca, Lead section
Quote, Associated With: Lake Titicaca, Lead section
Lake Titicaca (; Spanish: Lago Titicaca [ˈlaɣo titiˈkaka]; Quechua: Titiqaqa and Aymara: Titiqaqa) is a large lake in the Andes mountains on the border of Bolivia and Peru.
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