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A cordilheira dos Andes se estende desde a Patagônia até a costa do mar do Caribe, atravessando todo o continente sul-americano de sul a norte, caracterizando a paisagem montanhosa do Argentina, Chile, Bolívia, Peru, Equador, Colômbia e oeste da Venezuela também conhecidos como América Andina.
The Andes (/ ˈ æ n d iː z / AN-deez), Andes Mountains or Andean Mountain Range (Spanish: Cordillera de los Andes; Quechua: Anti) are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America.
As civilizações andinas compunham um mosaico de diferentes culturas independentes que se desenvolveram no entorno da Cordilheira dos Andes, da Colômbia ao deserto de Atacama, na América do Sul. Elas baseiam-se principalmente nas culturas do Peru Antigo e algumas outras, como Tiahuanaco.
História. Ver artigos principais: Civilizações andinas e Império Asteca. A América Andina foi palco de grande civilizações, especialmente a dos incas. Foi do norte do Chile até o sul da Colômbia .
Há 5 dias · Andes Mountains, South American mountain system that contains the highest peaks in the Western Hemisphere. One of Earth’s great natural features, the Andes form an unbroken rampart over some 5,500 miles—from the southern tip of South America to the continent’s northernmost coast on the Caribbean.
- The Andes Mountains are a series of extremely high plateaus surmounted by even higher peaks that form an unbroken rampart over a distance of some 5...
- Some historians believe that the "Andes" in Andes Mountains comes from the Quechuan word anti (“east”). Others suggest it is derived from the Quech...
- About 250 million years ago, the crustal plates constituting Earth’s landmass were joined together into the supercontinent Pangaea. The breakup of...
- The highest point in the Andes Mountains is Mount Aconcagua, located in the Southern Andes Mountains. Although its peak is in Argentina, its wester...
- The highest altitude in the Andes Mountains at which people have resided permanently is 17,100 feet (5,212 metres; they were shepherds in southern...
The Andes (/ ˈ æ n d iː z / AN-deez), Andes Mountains or Andean Mountain Range (Spanish: Cordillera de los Andes; Quechua: Anti) are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America.
The Andean region, located in central Colombia, is the most populated natural region of Colombia. With many mountains, the Andes contain most of the country's urban centers. [1] . They were also the location of the most significant pre-Columbian indigenous settlements.
