Andean crest line

E577505
mountain ridge watershed divide

The Andean crest line is the high mountainous ridge forming the main watershed and topographic spine of the Andes mountain range.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Andean crest line canonical 1
Andes watershed divide 1

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain ridge ⓘ
watershed divide ⓘ
associatedWith Andean orogeny NERFINISHED ⓘ
glaciated peaks in high-elevation sectors ⓘ
seismic activity in the Andes ⓘ
characterizedBy high elevation ⓘ
contains Aconcagua region NERFINISHED ⓘ
Altiplano margins ⓘ
Cordillera Blanca region NERFINISHED ⓘ
extendsThrough Argentina NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bolivia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Chile NERFINISHED ⓘ
Colombia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ecuador NERFINISHED ⓘ
Peru NERFINISHED ⓘ
Venezuela NERFINISHED ⓘ
follows main watershed of the Andes ⓘ
formedBy subduction of oceanic plates beneath the South American Plate ⓘ
forms topographic spine of the Andes ⓘ
formsBoundaryBetween Pacific drainage basins and Atlantic drainage basins in the Andes ⓘ
geologicalSetting convergent plate margin ⓘ
highestPointLocatedIn Central Andes NERFINISHED ⓘ
influences regional climate patterns in the Andes ⓘ
river drainage patterns in western South America ⓘ
locatedIn South America ⓘ
orientation generally north–south ⓘ
parallelTo Andean volcanic arc NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Andes NERFINISHED ⓘ
separates Amazon Basin headwaters from Pacific coastal basins in many sectors ⓘ
usedAs reference for continental divide in parts of South America ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Pacific slope of the Andes → borderedBy → Andean crest line ⓘ
Pacific Ocean drainage basin → borderedBy → Andean crest line ⓘ
this entity surface form: Andes watershed divide