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.

Puna de Atacama → locatedIn → Andes ⓘ

Central Volcanic Zone of the Andes → locatedIn → Andes ⓘ

Choapa Valley → viticulturalZone → Andes ⓘ

Peru–Chile Trench region → relatedTo → Andes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Andes Mountains

Chimborazo → locatedIn → Andes ⓘ

Chimborazo → mountainRange → Andes ⓘ

Chimborazo → isHighestPointOf → Andes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Andes of Ecuador

Sacred Valley → locatedIn → Andes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Peruvian Andes

Elqui Province → hasFeature → Andes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Andes Mountains

Catamarca Province → hasMountainRange → Andes ⓘ

Lake Titicaca → locatedIn → Andes ⓘ

Amazon rainforest → borderedBy → Andes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Andes Mountains

Machu Picchu → locatedIn → Andes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Andes Mountains

Inca Empire → region → Andes ⓘ

Justyn Wojsznis → locatedIn → Andes ⓘ

subject surface form: Ojos del Salado

Justyn Wojsznis → mountainRange → Andes ⓘ

subject surface form: Ojos del Salado

Pacific coast of Chile → adjacentTo → Andes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Andes Mountains

Altiplano plateau → locatedIn → Andes ⓘ

this entity surface form: central Andes

Northern Patagonian Ice Field → partOf → Andes ⓘ

Northern Patagonian Ice Field → locatedIn → Andes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Patagonian Andes

Triple Frontier → setting → Andes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Andes Mountains

Choapa Valley wine region → influencedBy → Andes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Andes Mountains

Chilean Coastal Range → runsParallelTo → Andes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Andes Mountains

Colombia → mountainRange → Andes ⓘ

South American Plate → associatedWith → Andes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Andes Mountains

The Heart of the Andes → depicts → Andes ⓘ

Napo River → sourceRegion → Andes ⓘ

Chavín culture → locatedIn → Andes ⓘ

Monserrate Sanctuary → hasView → Andes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Andes mountains

Coquimbo Province → borderedBy → Andes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Andes Mountains

Spanish colonization of the Americas → location → Andes ⓘ

Lima Region → containsPartOf → Andes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Andes Mountains

Voyage aux régions équinoxiales du Nouveau Continent → describes → Andes ⓘ

Ansichten der Natur → describes → Andes ⓘ

Patagonian Desert → borderedBy → Andes ⓘ

Amazon River → sourceRegion → Andes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Andes Mountains

Western Hemisphere → contains → Andes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Andes Mountains

O’Higgins Region → hasMountainRange → Andes ⓘ

Americas → containsSubregion → Andes ⓘ

Maule Region → hasMountainRange → Andes ⓘ

Ñuble Region → hasMountainRange → Andes ⓘ

European colonization of the Americas → location → Andes ⓘ

Mapocho River → sourceLocation → Andes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Andes Mountains

Cerro San Cristóbal → hasViewOf → Andes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Andes Mountains

La Araucanía Region → containsMountainRange → Andes ⓘ

Cerro Santa Lucía → hasViewOf → Andes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Andes Mountains

San Pedro de Atacama → locatedIn → Andes ⓘ

Monte San Valentín → mountainRange → Andes ⓘ

Monte San Valentín → partOf → Andes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Patagonian Andes