Andes

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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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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

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Alpamayo locatedIn Andes
Carihuairazo volcano locatedIn Andes
subject surface form: Carihuairazo
Lares District locatedIn Andes
Omate locatedIn Andes
Ausangate locatedIn Andes
Huari District locatedIn Andes
ANC locatedIn Andes
La Galgada site locatedIn Andes
Conchopata locatedIn Andes
Valle de La Paz locatedIn Andes
Mejía Canton locatedIn Andes
Cayambe volcano locatedIn Andes
tropical Andes locatedIn Andes
subject surface form: Tropical Andes
Papallacta Lake locatedIn Andes
Chachani massif locatedIn Andes
Copahue village locatedIn Andes
Liquiñe region locatedIn Andes
Azul volcano locatedIn Andes
Mocho summit locatedIn Andes