Andes

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geographical feature mountain range

The Andes is the longest continental mountain range in the world, stretching along the western edge of South America and encompassing some of the planet’s highest peaks outside of Asia.

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All labels observed (37)

Label	Occurrences
Andes canonical	1,181
Andes Mountains	217
Andes mountain range	19
Central Andes	18
Andes region	10
Patagonian Andes	7
Southern Andes	7
Chilean Andes	5
Andes mountains	4
Argentine Andes	3
central Andes	3
Cordillera de los Andes	2
southern Andes	2
Amazon Basin headwaters	1
Andean Cordillera	1
Andean cordillera	1
Andean highlands	1
Andean mountain range	1
Andean mountains	1
Andes (at national scale)	1
Andes Mountains (east)	1
Andes Mountains (on South American segments)	1
Andes Mountains between Peru and Chile	1
Andes foothills	1
Andes mountain ranges	1
Andes mountain region	1
Andes mountain system	1
Andes of Argentina	1
Andes of Chile	1
Andes of Ecuador	1
Andes of South America	1
Andes of southern Peru	1
Andes volcanic belt	1
Peruvian Andes	1
Principal Cordillera of the Andes	1
The Andes of Ecuador	1
Tropical Andes	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographical feature ⓘ mountain range ⓘ
biome	montane forest ⓘ puna grassland ⓘ páramo ⓘ
climate	varies from tropical to cold alpine ⓘ
contains	Altiplano plateau ⓘ Atacama Desert margins ⓘ many active volcanoes ⓘ some of the highest peaks outside Asia ⓘ
continent	South America ⓘ
country	Argentina ⓘ Bolivia ⓘ Chile ⓘ Colombia ⓘ Ecuador ⓘ Peru ⓘ Venezuela ⓘ
culturalSignificance	core region of Inca civilization ⓘ
drainage	Andes self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Amazon Basin headwaters Atlantic Ocean watersheds ⓘ Orinoco Basin headwaters ⓘ Pacific Ocean watersheds ⓘ
economicActivity	agriculture on terraced slopes ⓘ mining ⓘ pastoralism ⓘ
elevation	about 22,838 feet ⓘ about 6,961 metres ⓘ
extendsFrom	Venezuela ⓘ
extendsTo	southern tip of South America ⓘ
formedBy	subduction of Nazca Plate beneath South American Plate ⓘ
highestPeak	Aconcagua ⓘ
languageRegion	Aymara ⓘ Quechua ⓘ
length	about 4,300 miles ⓘ about 7,000 kilometres ⓘ
locatedAlong	western edge of South America ⓘ
locatedIn	Andes self-linksurface differs ⓘ Andes self-linksurface differs ⓘ
locatedOn	South America ⓘ
notableFeature	second-highest of the Seven Summits (Aconcagua) ⓘ
orientation	north–south ⓘ
partOf	Pacific Ring of Fire ⓘ
region	Puna de Atacama ⓘ surface form: Dry Andes Andes self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Patagonian Andes Andes self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Tropical Andes Patagonia ⓘ surface form: Wet Andes
southernExtent	Patagonia ⓘ surface form: Tierra del Fuego
superlative	longest continental mountain range in the world ⓘ
tectonicSetting	convergent plate boundary ⓘ

Referenced by (1,502)

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

Chile → mountainRange → Andes ⓘ

Coquimbo Region → hasMountainRange → Andes ⓘ

Pacific Ring of Fire → hasPart → Andes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Andes volcanic belt

Ojos del Salado → locatedIn → Andes ⓘ

Ojos del Salado → mountainRange → Andes ⓘ

Andes → locatedIn → Andes self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Aconcagua

Andes → region → Andes self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tropical Andes

Andes → region → Andes self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Patagonian Andes

Andes → locatedIn → Andes self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Altiplano

Andes → drainage → Andes self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Amazon Basin headwaters

Ecuador → includes → Andes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Andean highlands

Ecuador → mountainRange → Andes ⓘ

Bogotá → locatedIn → Andes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Andes Mountains

Atacama Desert → partOf → Andes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Andes region

South America → hasHighestMountainRange → Andes ⓘ

Santiago → mountainRangeNearby → Andes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Andes Mountains

Peru → contains → Andes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Andes Mountains

Patagonia → contains → Andes ⓘ

Patagonia → borders → Andes ⓘ

Alexander von Humboldt → traveledTo → Andes ⓘ

Swope Telescope → locatedInMountainRange → Andes ⓘ

Frederic Edwin Church → notableWork → Andes ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Andes of Ecuador

Cerro Manqui → partOf → Andes ⓘ

Southern Cone geopolitical region of Chile → hasFeature → Andes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Andes mountain ranges

Polish Andes Expedition → operatedIn → Andes ⓘ

Polish Andes Expedition → mountainRange → Andes ⓘ

Quechua → geographicRegion → Andes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central Andes

Bolivia → hasMajorGeographicFeature → Andes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Andes Mountains

Central Valley of Chile → boundedBy → Andes ⓘ

Limarí Province → hasGeographicFeature → Andes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Andes foothills

Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire → location → Andes ⓘ

Paso de San Francisco → locatedIn → Andes ⓘ

Paso de San Francisco → mountainRange → Andes ⓘ

Aymara → region → Andes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central Andes

Cundinamarca region → locatedIn → Andes ⓘ

subject surface form: Cundinamarca

Argentina → hasRegion → Andes ⓘ

Argentina → mountainRange → Andes ⓘ

northern Chile → hasFeature → Andes ⓘ

subject surface form: Northern Chile

this entity surface form: Andes Mountains

Elqui River → sourceLocatedIn → Andes ⓘ

Kichwa → region → Andes ⓘ

Aconcagua → locatedIn → Andes ⓘ

Aconcagua → partOf → Andes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Principal Cordillera of the Andes

Aconcagua → range → Andes ⓘ

Aconcagua → isHighestPointOf → Andes ⓘ

Cactaceae → centerOfDiversity → Andes ⓘ

Quito → locatedIn → Andes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Andes Mountains

Latin America → hasMountainRange → Andes ⓘ

Nazca Plate → drivesOrogeny → Andes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Andes Mountains

Nazca Plate → influencesTopographyOf → Andes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Andes Mountains