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	Andes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It was during the Cretaceous Period that the Andes began to take their present form, by the uplifting, faulting and folding of sedimentary and metamorphic rocks of the ancient cratons to the east.
		The northern Andes are typically rainy and warm, with an average temperature of 18 °C in Colombia.
		Tropical rainforests and rainforests encircle the northern Andes.
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	Andes - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		Of the two principal chains the eastern is generally called Los Andes, and the western La Cordillera, in Colombia, Peru and Bolivia, where the eastern is likewise known as Cordillera Real de los Andes, while to the south of parallel 23°S in Chile and Argentina, the western is called Cordillera de los Andes.
		The latter, as regards its main chain, is on the northern coast of the Beagle Channel in Tierra del Fuego, bounded on the north by the deep depression of Lake Fagnano and of Admiralty Sound.
		The Andes continue to be to the west an enormous rugged mass of ice and snow of an average height of 2700 m (9000 ft), sending glaciers to all the eastern fjords.
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	Andes - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Andes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		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.
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	Chile encyclopedia : Cultural Information , Maps, Chile politics and officials, Chile History. Travel to Chile
		The summit of Mount Chimborazo in the Ecuadorean Andes is the point on the Earth's surface most distant from its centre, due to the equatorial bulge.
		It was during the Cretaceous Period that the Andes began to take their present form, by the uplifting, faulting and folding of sedimetary and metamorphic rocks of the ancient cratons to the east.
		The northern Andes are typically rainy and warm, with an average temperature of 64 degrees F in Colombia.
	www.chileiworld.com /wiki-Andes (878 words)

	Top20Peru.com - Your Top20 Guide to Peru!
		The western coastal plains (costa) are separated from the eastern lowland jungle of the Amazon Basin (selva) by the high and rugged Andes in the center (sierra).
		An important fact is that most of the coastal Amerindians that you see today are immigrants from the Andes belonging to the major indigenous groups already mentioned.
		The Andes are famous for its soups, potatoes, corns and Rocotto Rellenos (Arequipa especially) or Cuy (guinea pig).
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