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Give a brief idea of Andes mountains.

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Andes Mountains:

  • Andes is the world’s highest mountain range outside Asia.
  • These mountains lie in South America.
  • They start from the land of South America adjacent of Panama in the north and end at the south of Horn Mountains.
  • The mountain range is approximately 8900 km. long and is 160 to 600 km wide.
  • The snow clad mountains are 6000 m high. Some peaks are as high as 6900 m.
  • South America has more than two hundred volcanoes.
  • Aconcagua volcanic mountain is 6960 m high.
  • A country called Ecuador is considered as the home for several volcanoes. It consists of Chimborazo (inactive) and Cotopaxi (active) volcanoes.
  • Ecuador also consists of a lake called Titicaca Lake. This lake lies in Bolivia at a height of 3660 m and it is 275 m deep.
  • Andes Mountains is also origin of various rivers.


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