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.

Aliases (31)

Andes Mountains ×78
Central Andes ×9
Andes mountain range ×5
Andes region ×4
Patagonian Andes ×4
Aconcagua ×3
Andes mountains ×3
Chilean Andes ×3
Southern Andes ×2
central Andes ×2
Altiplano ×1
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 between Peru and Chile ×1
Andes foothills ×1
Andes mountain ranges ×1
Andes mountain system ×1
Andes of Ecuador ×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
southern 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	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 → Andes →
locatedOn	South America →
notableFeature	second-highest of the Seven Summits (Aconcagua) →
orientation	north–south →
partOf	Pacific Ring of Fire →
region	Dry Andes → Patagonian Andes → Tropical Andes → Wet Andes →
southernExtent	Tierra del Fuego →
superlative	longest continental mountain range in the world →
tectonicSetting	convergent plate boundary →

Referenced by (346)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Aconcagua → Aconcagua → Aconcagua Provincial Park → Aguas Calientes → Altiplano → Altiplano plateau → Altiplano plateau ("central Andes") → Andean Region of Colombia → Andean Volcanic Belt ("Andes Mountains") → Andean civilization → Bogotá ("Andes Mountains") → Bolívar Province → Cajatambo Province → Canta Province → Carihuairazo → Central Volcanic Zone of the Andes → Cerro Alcaino → Cerro Pachón → Chavín culture → Chavín de Huántar → Chavín de Huántar → Chilean National System of Protected Wild Areas ("Andes Mountains") → Chimborazo → Chimborazo Province → Chinchaysuyu → Chinchero → Cundinamarca → Cusco Region → Desaguadero River → El Misti ("Central Andes") → El Panecillo → Guaranda → Huancané River → Huancavelica → Huancavelica Region → Huánuco Region → Ichocán → Inca Trail → Isla de la Luna → Kichwa people → Killke culture → La Paz → Laguna Verde (Chile) → Lake Titicaca → Las Campanas, Chile ("Andes Mountains") → Llullaillaco → Los Pelambres area → Los Pelambres mine → Machu Picchu ("Andes Mountains") → Maras salt mines → Mariscal Sucre International Airport → Matucana → Nemocón → Nevado Sajama → Nevado San Francisco → Nevado de Acay volcanic center → Northern Patagonian Ice Field ("Patagonian Andes") → Northern Volcanic Zone of the Andes → Ojos del Salado → Ojos del Salado → Ollagüe volcano → Paso de San Francisco → Pichincha Province → Polish Glacier → Polish Glacier Route → Puna de Atacama → Puno Region → Qhapaq Ñan → Quito ("Andes Mountains") → Reserva Paisajística Nor Yauyos-Cochas → Reserva de Producción de Fauna Chimborazo → Sabancaya → Sacred Valley ("Peruvian Andes") → Salar de Antofalla → San Pedro de Atacama → San Pedro volcano → Sierra Nevada del Cocuy National Park → Southern Patagonian Ice Field → Southern Volcanic Zone of the Andes → Taquile Island → Tiwanaku culture → Tupungatito ("Central Andes") → Uros floating islands → Urubamba → Urubamba River → Veintimilla summit → Vera C. Rubin Observatory ("Andes Mountains") → Villapinzón → Whymper summit → Yucay →	locatedIn
Aconcagua ("Principal Cordillera of the Andes") → Aconcagua Provincial Park ("Andean mountain range") → Andes Mountains foothills ("Andes Mountains") → Atacama Desert ("Andes region") → Campo de Hielo Norte → Cerro Manqui → Cerro Pachón ("Chilean Andes") → Cerro Vicuña Mackenna ("Chilean Andes") → Cordillera Occidental (Ecuador) → Cusco → Eastern Cordillera of the Andes → Guadalupe Hill → La Silla mountain ("Andes region") → Los Glaciares National Park ("Andes mountain range") → Los Pelambres area ("Chilean Andes") → Maras → Monte San Valentín ("Patagonian Andes") → Northern Andes in Ecuador → Northern Patagonian Ice Field → Sabana de Bogotá → Salar de Arizaro ("Andes region") → San Rafael Glacier ("Andes mountain system") → Southern Patagonian Ice Field ("Andes mountain range") → Southern Patagonian Ice Field ("Patagonian Andes") →	partOf
Andes ("Tropical Andes") → Andes ("Patagonian Andes") → Aymara ("Central Andes") → Battle of Cajamarca → Chinchero archaeological site → Cyclopean masonry → Inca Empire → Inti → Kawki → Kichwa → Manco Cápac → Muisca → Ollantaytambo archaeological site → Otavalo Kichwa → Pachacuti → Runasimi → Salar de Uyuni → Sapa Inca → Southern Volcanic Zone of the Andes ("Southern Andes") → Túpac Amaru → Viracocha → Wari Empire →	region
Argentina → Chile → Chimborazo → Colombia → Ecuador → El Misti → English Glacier → Lascar volcano → Llullaillaco → Monte San Valentín → Nevado San Francisco → Nevado de Acay volcanic center → Ojos del Salado → Ojos del Salado → Paso de San Francisco → Polish Andes Expedition → Sabancaya ("Central Andes") → San Pedro volcano → Tupungatito → Ubinas volcano → Whymper summit →	mountainRange
Belén → Calca → Caparrapí → El Teniente mine → English Glacier → Horcón → La Paz Department → Licancabur → Matucana → Medellín → Pacho → Plaza Argentina → Plaza de Mulas → Poopó Lake → Riobamba → Salta Province → San Juan de Rioseco → San Quintín Glacier → Steffen Glacier → Swope Telescope →	locatedInMountainRange
Arica y Parinacota Region → Catamarca Province → Coquimbo Region → La Rioja Province → Latin America → Maule Region → Mendoza Province → Nariño → Northern Argentina → Northwestern Argentina → O’Higgins Region → Santiago Metropolitan Region → Venezuela → Ñuble Region →	hasMountainRange
Amazon Basin ("Andes Mountains") → Amazon rainforest ("Andes Mountains") → Cautín Province ("Andes Mountains") → Chilean Matorral ("Andes Mountains") → Coquimbo Province ("Andes Mountains") → Pampas → Patagonian Desert → Río Hurtado ("Andes Mountains") → Santiago Metropolitan Region ("Andes Mountains (east)") → Southern Cone → Valdivian temperate rain forest ("Andes Mountains") →	borderedBy
Aconcagua River ("Andes Mountains") → Baker River → Biobío River → Cachapoal River ("Andes Mountains") → Chubut River → Maipo River ("Andes Mountains") → Mapocho River ("Andes Mountains") → Maule River ("Andes Mountains") → Río Choapa ("Andes Mountains") → Urubamba River ("Andes of southern Peru") →	sourceLocation
Los Andes → Osorno ("Andes Mountains") → Salar de Atacama ("Andes Mountains") → Tinogasta ("Andes Mountains") → Ushuaia → Vicuña ("Andes Mountains") →	locatedNear
Andean orogeny ("Andean Cordillera") → Andean subduction system ("Andes Mountains") → El Dorado (legendary city of gold) ("Andes region") → Fuego del Ande → South American Plate ("Andes Mountains") →	associatedWith
America ("Andes Mountains") → Patagonia → Peru ("Andes Mountains") → Southern Chile ("Andes Mountains") → Western Hemisphere ("Andes Mountains") →	contains
Elqui Province ("Andes Mountains") → Norte Chico of Chile ("Andes mountains") → Northern Chile ("Andes Mountains") → Southern Cone geopolitical region of Chile ("Andes mountain ranges") → north-central Chile ("Andes Mountains") →	hasFeature
Pacific coast of Chile ("Andes Mountains") → Pacific coast of South America ("Andes Mountains") → Southeastern Pacific Ocean ("Andes Mountains") → eastern Pacific Ocean ("Andes Mountains") →	adjacentTo
Central Valley of Chile → Curicó Basin ("Andes Mountains") → Talca Basin ("Andes Mountains") →	boundedBy
Junín Region → La Araucanía Region → Pasco Region →	containsMountainRange
Quechua → Quechua ("Central Andes") → Staff God ("Central Andes") →	geographicRegion
Chinchero archaeological site ("Andean mountains") → Cordillera de Nahuelbuta National Park ("Andes Mountains") → Monserrate Sanctuary ("Andes mountains") →	hasView
Ancash Region ("Andes Mountains") → Antioquia Department ("Andes Mountains") → Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope ("Andes Mountains") →	locatedOn
European colonization of the Americas → Spanish colonization of the Americas → Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire →	location
Calama ("Andes Mountains") → Chillán Basin ("Andes Mountains") → Los Ángeles Basin ("Andes Mountains") →	near
Amazon River ("Andes Mountains") → Napo River → Rímac River →	sourceRegion
Quechua people ("Central Andes") → Quechua people ("Southern Andes") →	culturalRegion
Atlas géographique et physique du Nouveau Continent ("Andes Mountains") → The Heart of the Andes →	depicts
Ansichten der Natur → Voyage aux régions équinoxiales du Nouveau Continent →	describes
Argentina–Chile border → Qhapaq Ñan ("Andes mountain range") →	follows
Collasuyu ("Andes Mountains") → Upper Peru ("Andes Mountains") →	geographicalFeature
Cerro San Cristóbal ("Andes Mountains") → Cerro Santa Lucía ("Andes Mountains") →	hasViewOf
Choapa Valley wine region ("Andes Mountains") → Rapel Valley ("Andes Mountains") →	influencedBy
Aconcagua → Chimborazo ("Andes of Ecuador") →	isHighestPointOf
Lardizabalaceae → Vicugna pacos →	nativeTo
Atacama Trench ("Andes Mountains") → Coastal Range (Chile) ("Andes (at national scale)") →	parallelTo
Society of the Snow ("Andes Mountains") → Triple Frontier ("Andes Mountains") →	setting
Elqui River → Santa Cruz River ("Andes Mountains") →	sourceLocatedIn
Neolithic Revolution →	alsoOccurredIndependentlyInRegion
Patagonia →	borders
Cactaceae →	centerOfDiversity
Maipo Valley ("Andes Mountains") →	climateInfluence
Edward Whymper →	climbed
Antofagasta Region ("Andes Mountains") →	containsLandform
Lima Region ("Andes Mountains") →	containsPartOf
Americas →	containsSubregion
Ruta CH-31 (Chile) →	crosses
Ruta Nacional 60 (Argentina) →	crossesMountainRange
Lima culture period ("Central Andes") →	cultureArea
Cotopaxi (painting) →	depictsLocation
Andes ("Amazon Basin headwaters") →	drainage
Nazca Plate ("Andes Mountains") →	drivesOrogeny
Diego de Almagro ("Andes Mountains between Peru and Chile") →	explored
Andes cultural area ("Andes Mountains") →	extendsAlong
Magallanes Region ("Andes mountains") →	feature
Santa Cruz River →	flowsFrom
Coyhaique ("Andes Mountains") →	geographyFeature
Cerro Vicuña Mackenna ("Andes mountain range") →	geologicalContext
Eastern Hills of Bogotá ("Andes Mountains") →	geologicalFormation
Limarí Province ("Andes foothills") →	hasGeographicFeature
South America →	hasHighestMountainRange
Tarapacá Region ("Andes Mountains") →	hasLandform
Bolivia ("Andes Mountains") →	hasMajorGeographicFeature
Laguna San Rafael ("Andes Mountains") →	hasNearbyFeature
Fiambalá ("Andean cordillera") →	hasNearbyGeographicalFeature
Salamanca (Chile) →	hasNearbyMountainRange
Pacific Ring of Fire ("Andes volcanic belt") →	hasPart
Argentina →	hasRegion
Siege of Vilcabamba →	historicalRegion
Governorate of New Castile →	includedRegion
Ecuador ("Andean highlands") →	includes
Farallon Plate ("Andes Mountains") →	influencedFormationOf
Nazca Ridge ("central Andes") →	influencesTectonicsOf
Nazca Plate ("Andes Mountains") →	influencesTopographyOf
Monte San Valentín ("southern Andes") →	isMostProminentIn
Gachetá ("Andes Mountains") →	locatedInGeographicalFeature
Matucana ("Central Andes") →	locatedInGeographicalRegion
Fiambalá →	locatedInOrNearby
Montegrande →	locatedInOrographicFeature
Cuntisuyu →	locatedInRegion
Cotopaxi (painting) ("Andes Mountains") →	mainSubject
Santiago ("Andes Mountains") →	mountainRangeNearby
Copiapó ("Andes Mountains") →	nearbyAttraction
Frederic Edwin Church ("The Andes of Ecuador") →	notableWork
Polish Glacier Route →	onMountainRange
Polish Andes Expedition →	operatedIn
Ruta CH-31 (Chile) ("Andes Mountains") →	passesThrough
Quechua people →	primaryRegion
Aconcagua →	range
Matthias Zurbriggen →	regionOfActivity
Atelopus →	regionOfHighDiversity
Topa Inca Yupanqui →	regionRuled
Peru–Chile Trench region ("Andes Mountains") →	relatedTo
Chilean Coastal Range ("Andes Mountains") →	runsParallelTo
Über die Gestalt der Vulkane in den Anden ("Andes mountain range") →	spatialFocus
Runashimi →	spokenIn
Alexander von Humboldt →	traveledTo
Choapa Valley →	viticulturalZone
Jean-Antoine Carrel →	workLocation