Andes Mountains foothills

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landform physiographic region

The Andes Mountains foothills are the lower, gently sloping regions at the base of the Andes range, characterized by transitional terrain between high mountains and surrounding lowlands.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Andes foothills 16
Andean foothills 5
Andes Mountains foothills canonical 3

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf landform ⓘ
physiographic region ⓘ
border Amazon Basin margins ⓘ
Andean region ⓘ
surface form: Andean highlands

Pampas margins ⓘ
Patagonian steppe margins ⓘ
surrounding lowlands ⓘ
contains alluvial fans ⓘ
colluvial slopes ⓘ
piedmont zones ⓘ
extendsAlong the western margin of South America from Venezuela to southern Chile and Argentina ⓘ
formedBy erosion ⓘ
sediment deposition ⓘ
tectonic uplift ⓘ
geologicalRelation Andean orogeny ⓘ
surface form: Andean orogenic belt
hasAlternativeName Andes Mountains foothills ⓘ
surface form: Andean foothills
hasBiodiversity supports transitional ecosystems between lowland and montane biomes ⓘ
hasClimate varies from arid to humid depending on latitude and exposure ⓘ
hasLandUse arable farming ⓘ
livestock grazing ⓘ
mining activities ⓘ
viticulture ⓘ
hasSoilType colluvial deposits ⓘ
often alluvial soils ⓘ
hasTerrainType gently sloping terrain ⓘ
transitional terrain ⓘ
hasTypicalElevationRange approximately 500–2000 meters above sea level ⓘ
hasVegetationType dry shrublands ⓘ
grasslands ⓘ
montane forest margins ⓘ
hydrologicalRelation contain alluvial fans and piedmont plains ⓘ
source areas for tributaries of major Andean rivers ⓘ
isImportantFor agricultural production in Andean countries ⓘ
ecological connectivity between lowlands and high Andes ⓘ
human settlements along Andean margins ⓘ
locatedIn Andean foreland ⓘ
Argentina ⓘ
Bolivia ⓘ
Chile ⓘ
Colombia ⓘ
Ecuador ⓘ
Patagonia ⓘ
surface form: Patagonia region

Peru ⓘ
South America ⓘ
Venezuela ⓘ
northwestern Argentina ⓘ
partOf Andes ⓘ
surface form: Andes Mountains
subjectTo flash flooding on alluvial fans ⓘ
landslides and slope instability in some areas ⓘ

Referenced by (27)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Choapa Province → geologicalFeature → Andes Mountains foothills ⓘ
Orinoco Basin headwaters → originatesOn → Andes Mountains foothills ⓘ
this entity surface form: Andean foothills
Río Hurtado → locatedIn → Andes Mountains foothills ⓘ
this entity surface form: Andes foothills
Arawakan languages → region → Andes Mountains foothills ⓘ
this entity surface form: Andes foothills
La Mesa → locatedInGeographicalFeature → Andes Mountains foothills ⓘ
Andes Mountains foothills → hasAlternativeName → Andes Mountains foothills ⓘ
this entity surface form: Andean foothills
San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca → locatedIn → Andes Mountains foothills ⓘ
this entity surface form: Andean foothills region
Los Ríos Province → borderedBy → Andes Mountains foothills ⓘ
this entity surface form: Los Andes foothills
Japanese Garden → locatedIn → Andes Mountains foothills ⓘ
subject surface form: Japanese Garden (Cerro San Cristóbal)
this entity surface form: Andes foothills
Hills of Santiago → partOf → Andes Mountains foothills ⓘ
this entity surface form: Andes foothills
Lago Ranco → hasNearbyFeature → Andes Mountains foothills ⓘ
this entity surface form: Andes foothills
Alto Maipo → locatedIn → Andes Mountains foothills ⓘ
this entity surface form: Andes foothills
Villavicencio–Bogotá highway → passesThrough → Andes Mountains foothills ⓘ
this entity surface form: Andean foothills
Mamoré River → sourceRegion → Andes Mountains foothills ⓘ
this entity surface form: Andes foothills
Cabildo → hasFeature → Andes Mountains foothills ⓘ
this entity surface form: Andean precordillera surroundings
Cuyo region → hasGeographicalFeature → Andes Mountains foothills ⓘ
this entity surface form: Andean foothills
Zamora Canton → locatedIn → Andes Mountains foothills ⓘ
this entity surface form: Andes foothills
Hurtado Valley → partOf → Andes Mountains foothills ⓘ
this entity surface form: Andes foothills
Talampaya National Park → partOf → Andes Mountains foothills ⓘ
this entity surface form: Andean foothills
Macas → locatedNear → Andes Mountains foothills ⓘ
this entity surface form: Andes foothills
Quibdó → locatedNear → Andes Mountains foothills ⓘ
this entity surface form: Andes foothills
Chaco → borderedBy → Andes Mountains foothills ⓘ
this entity surface form: Andes foothills
La Reina → locatedNear → Andes Mountains foothills ⓘ
this entity surface form: Andes foothills
Peñalolén → nearbyGeographicalFeature → Andes Mountains foothills ⓘ
this entity surface form: Andes foothills
Barbacoan languages → region → Andes Mountains foothills ⓘ
this entity surface form: Andes foothills
Puyuhuapi → hasNearbyFeature → Andes Mountains foothills ⓘ
Yelcho Lake → locatedIn → Andes Mountains foothills ⓘ
this entity surface form: Andes foothills