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	Andes Mountain Range
		The Andes Mountains are located in South America, running north to south along the western coast of the continent.
		The latitude is 10° N. to 57° S. The longitude is 70° W. to 80° E. The Andes Mountains are the longest and one of the highest mountain ranges in the world.
		In the northern region, it is hotter because it is closest to the equator.
	www.blueplanetbiomes.org /andes.htm (401 words)

	Andes - MSN Encarta
		The Andes formed during the Cretaceous period (about 138 million to about 65 million years ago) when the Pacific crustal plate began to slowly slide beneath the South American plate, uplifting and folding the sedimentary rocks that comprise the Andes (see Plate Tectonics).
		The northern Andes curve in an arc from northeast to southwest.
		The two main ranges of the central Andes, which are also known as the Cordillera Occidental and the Cordillera Oriental, enclose the Altiplano, an extensive plateau in Bolivia and southern Peru between 3,600 to 4,000 m (12,000 to 14,000 ft) above sea level.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761560223/Andes.html (998 words)

	ANDES - LoveToKnow Article on ANDES (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Mount San Valentin (12,700 ft.) is the culminating point of the Andes in the region extending from 49 to 46 S. lat., a little north of which is the river Huemules which is followed by the breach of the river Aisen.
		To the north of this mountain, situated at the watershed of the Andes, extends a lofty region comprising peaks such as Chimbote (18,645 ft-) and Mount Polleras (20,266 ft.).
		The principal peaks of the Bolivian Andes and its prolongation from south to north, are Famatina, in the centre of Argentina, (20,340 ft.), Languna Blanca (18,307), Diamante (18,045), Cachi (20,000),Granadas,Lipez(i9,680),Guadalupe (18,910), Chorolque (18,480), Cuzco (17,930), Enriaca (18,716), Junari (16,200), Michiga (17,410), Quimza-Cruz (18,280), Illimani (21,190) and Sorata (21,490).
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /A/AN/ANDES.htm (2498 words)

	Andes Info - Encyclopedia WikiWhat.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Cordillera of the Andes in Tierra del Fuego is formed of crystalline schists, and culminates in the snow-capped peaks of Mount Darwin and Mount Sarmiento (7200 feet), which contains glaciers of greater extent than those of Mont Blanc.
		The Andes continue to be to the west an enormous rugged mass of ice and snow of an average height of 9000 feet, sending glaciers to all the eastern fjords.
		The principal peaks of the Bolivian Andes and its prolongation from south to north, are Famatina, in the centre of Argentina, (20,340 feet), Languna Blanca (18,307), Diamante (18,045), (Cachi (20,000), Granadas, Lipez (19,680), Guadalupe (18,910), Chorolque (18,480), Cuzco (17,930), Enriaca (18,716), Junari (16,200), Michiga (17,410), Quimza-Cruz (18,280), Illimani (21,190) and Sorata (21,490).
	www.wikiwhat.com /encyclopedia/a/an/andes.html (3311 words)

	Northern Andes, Ecuador - Ministry of Tourism - Ecuador
		Northern Andes, Ecuador - Ministry of Tourism - Ecuador
		The Ecuadorian Andes are known worldwide for their impressive mountains, volcanoes, and snow-capped peaks, some of the most famous of which are Cotopaxi and Chimborazo.
		Because of the diverse geography of the area, the Andes consists of a variety of landscapes, each one with a unique microclimate.
	www.vivecuador.com /html2/eng/northern_andes.htm (232 words)

	Tootsie Roll Industries - Andes
		Over the years Andes has expanded to include a variety flavors and packages including the popular Cherry Jubilee, Mint Parfait and Toffee Crunch Thins.
		Andes Crème de Menthe flavor can be found in a number of different packages including our new 14 pc.
		In the fall of 2003, Andes Crème de Menthe Baking Chips were introduced.
	www.tootsie.com /andes.html (173 words)

	Inti Travel and Tours - Ecuador - Andes
		Quito, the cultural centre of the Andes and the capital of the country, is a World Heritage Site.
		This is a spectacular excursion to the high Andes of Ecuador, into the paramo and the montane forest, rich in unusual flora and fauna.
		The best white water west of the Andes, the Toachi thunders down the highlands into the coastal tropical rain forest providing thrilling Class III and III+ rapids making this run a great single day adventure 2 hours from Quito.
	www.discovergalapagos.com /intitravel/andes.html (3681 words)

	Lake Andes National Wildlife Refuge
		The Lake Andes NWR Complex headquarters is located on the east shore of Lake Andes.
		From the community of Lake Andes, travel north.5 mile then east 3.5 miles on a hard-surfaced county road, crossing the Lake from west to east before reaching the office and visitor center nestled under the cottonwoods.
		Wetlands are surrounded by grasslands on Lake Andes NWR and WMD, and riverbottom woodlands are found on Karl E. Mundt NWR.
	www.fws.gov /refuges/profiles/index.cfm?id=64550 (586 words)

	Conservation International - Regions - NeoTropics - Andes
		Once the realm of the ancient Incan Empire, the Andes is a land of myth and legend.
		The Tropical Andes hotspot is the richest region on Earth.
		A parrot in the Tambopata region of the Peruvian Andes.
	web.conservation.org /xp/CIWEB/regions/neotropics/andes.xml (864 words)

	Andes Mountains Peru
		The Andes run the entire length of South America, from the humid tropics of the Caribbean to the ice fields of Patagonia.
		The longest north-south mountain range in the world, the Andes encompass a tremendous range of ecosystems and are home to a rich variety of plant and animal species and human communities.
		The mountains and high plateaus of the central Andes, especially in Bolivia and Peru, were the political and economic centre of the Incan Empire.
	peruperu.com /andes-mountains.htm (387 words)

	Andes - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Andes
		This desert plateau, part of the Andes, is grazed by vicunas, animals of the camel family that were once hunted for their wool, but are now protected.
		Rinrijirca is part of the Andes, a long chain of mineral-rich volcanic mountains stretching the length of South America from Columbia to Cape Horn.
		Geologically speaking, the Andes are new mountains, having attained their present height by vertical upheaval of the entire strip of the Earth's crust as recently as the latter part of the Tertiary era and the Quaternary.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Andes (879 words)

	Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 was an airline flight that crashed in the Andes on October 13, 1972.
		On Friday the 13th of October, 1972 an Uruguayan Air Force twin turboprop Fairchild FH-227D was flying over the Andes carrying the Stella Maris (Christian Brothers) school's "Old Christians" rugby team from Montevideo, Uruguay to play a match in Santiago, Chile.
		Ten days after leaving the crash site, Parrado and Canessa reached the other side of the Andes in Los Maitenes, Chile, where they encountered a rancher by the name of Sergio Catalán, who gave them some bread and summoned the authorities.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Andes_Flight_Disaster_(1972) (1369 words)

	Andes. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		The highest range of the Andes is on the central and northern Argentine-Chilean border; Aconcagua (22,835 ft/6,960 m; highest mountain of the Western Hemisphere) and Tupuncato are there.
		Between the peaks is Uspallata Pass, the route of the former Transandine Railway, with the Christ of the Andes.
		The Andes continue in some of the islands of the West Indies, and in Panama N Andean spurs connect with the mountains of Central America and thus with the Sierra Madre and the Rocky Mts.
	www.bartleby.com /65/an/Andes.html (738 words)

	Andes
		"Ecological Imperialism in the South-Central Andes: Faunal Data from Spanish Colonial Settlements in the Moguegua and Torata Valleys." University of Florida.
		Cultivated Landscapes of Native Amazonia and the Andes.
		This paper follows the official records of the quinine story, in particular the memoirs of Sir Clements Markham, an employee of the East India Company and an amateur geographer who volunteered to undertake the exploration of the Peruvian forests in search of the cinchona tree.
	www.stanford.edu /group/LAEH/html/andes.htm (1242 words)

	Biodiversity Hotspots - Tropical Andes - Overview
		Roughly bounded by the Tropic of Capricorn in the south and the end of the Andes range in Colombia and Venezuela in the north, the region follows the tropical portion of the Andes Mountains and several adjoining cordilleras.
		The great highs and lows of the Andes mountain range, with its snowcapped peaks, steep slopes, deep canyons, and isolated valleys, have led to the evolution of an amazing diversity of microhabitats and species.
		The Tropical Andes are sometimes split into northern and southern zones, divided by an arid, east-west valley that runs roughly along the Ecuador-Peru border in the far northern portion of Peru.
	www.biodiversityhotspots.org /xp/Hotspots/andes (611 words)

	Technorati Tag: Andes
		Andes Tour Packages - TuristicalPeru.com Whether you are planning for individual tours or in group to South America, Domiruth Travel Service is your source.
		Ride the Andes in 2006 Chilean Andean Snow Adventures (CASATOURS) is an adventure travel company that leads multi-day skiing and snowboarding tours in the Chilean and Argentine Andes.
		Andes Adventure Travel and Ecotours Venezuela's unique geography has blessed it with one of the world's widest diversity of ecosystems.
	technorati.com /tag/Andes (505 words)

	DiscoverVenezuela - The Andes (Site not responding. Last check: )
		During the months from October through December, the Andes are carpeted by an amazing display of flora: the yellow of the frailejón, considered the symbol of the area, the red of the "chispeador", and the blue of the "chocho" predominate in the landscape.
		Although you can fly to any of the major cities around the Andes, to fully appreciate the beauty of this area it is recommended that you drive.
		The Andes Mountains are home to an abundant diversity of birds--more than 600 species have been recorded here, including the Andean condor, various types of hummingbirds, eagles, and the Cock-of-the Rock.
	www.discovervenezuela.com /theandes.cfm (446 words)

	Coast and Andes Mountains, Chile
		The Andes mountains form one of the longest continuous mountain ranges on Earth, extending from the shores of the Caribbean as far south as the Magellan Straits.
		Illustrated is the section of the Andes near Coquimbo, Chile, where the highest peaks are 6,300 meters (20,670 feet).
		In the south, the Chilean side of the Andes tends to be well watered and fertile, while the pampas are in rain shadow and tend to be very dry.
	www.solarviews.com /cap/earth/chile.htm (238 words)

	The Andes Mountains (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Tucked away in the high reaches of the Andes mountains, along the border between Bolivia and Peru, lies one of the highest regions inhabited by people anywhere in the world.
		The Andes are the longest mountain range in the world, stretching 7,250 kilometers (4,200 miles) down the southern half of the world.
		The Andes mountains have been formed by one of the crustal plates of the Pacific ocean floor pushing slowly against the American continental plate.
	www.letus.northwestern.edu /projects/esp/top10/andespage/andes.html (319 words)

	Using Andes
		Andes obviates this tedious and error-prone process, which has made it quite popular with students.
		Andes uses pop-up error messages whenever the error is likely to be a slip, such as leaving a blank box in a dialogue box, using an undefined variable in an equation (which is usually caused by a typo), or leaving off the units of a dimensional number.
		Andes does not actually do the action, but its descriptions have been adjusted through experience to be understandable even by totally lost students, provided that they have gone through user interface training.
	www.andes.pitt.edu /Pages/UsingAndes (1003 words)

	Andes Mountains (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Andes Mountain belt stretches along the entire west coast of the continent of South America.
		Active volcanoes are common throughout the mountain belt, and earthquakes frequently shake the rugged western coast of the continent.
		On the map of South America on your student answer sheet, sketch in the location of the Andes Mountains, and label the chain's length and width.
	www.classzone.com /books/earth_science/terc/content/investigations/es1101/es1101page01.cfm?chapter_no=11 (152 words)

	Andean History
		The Indians whom the first European explorers, settlers, and conqueros encountered ranged culturally from extremely primitive nomads (Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego and Amazon Basin) to highly advanced communities of the Inca State (in present-day Peru, northern Chile, Bolivia and Ecuador) and the Chibchas (of present-day Colombia).
		These societies of the Andes are believed to have had rural communities dependent on agriculture as early as 1000 B.C. Inca empire
		At its height, the empire extended from northern Ecuador to central Chile and from the Andes to the coast.
	www.ddg.com /LIS/aurelia/andhis.htm (969 words)

	ANDES MANTA
		Natives of the Ecuadorian Andes, the brothers learned their traditional folk music as it has been learned for thousands of years, passed from father to son, brother to brother.
		In the Andes region of South America, songs and festivals mark life events such as the blessing of a new house, the birth of a child or the cycles of planting and harvesting.
		The ANDES MANTA musicians explain and demonstrate each instrument, discuss life in their home country of Ecuador and provide Spanish conversation practice with native speakers.
	www.a-tiberio.com /andesmanta.htm (312 words)

	Andes Website - trekking, hiking, skiing and climbing in the Andes mountains of South America
		This site has information about our expeditions, skiing holidays and guidebooks and also lots of free information about the Andes mountains.
		Andes Guidebooks Details of the guidebooks we publish - 'The Andes - A Guide for Climbers' and 'The Andes - A Trekking Guide' and their French editions.
		Our office is located in the middle of the town of Castle Douglas, which lies in Galloway about half-way between the towns of Kirkcudbright and Dumfries.
	www.andes.org.uk (814 words)

	Andean Links
		Cultures of the Andes, Quechua Songs, poems, jokes, language lessons, with audio files
		Andes Tours, British group for treking, mountaineering, biking and skiing in
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	www.andes.org /bookmark.html (555 words)

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