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Andes

[an-deez]

plural noun

  1. a mountain range in western South America, extending about 4,500 miles (7,250 kilometers) from northern Colombia and Venezuela south to Cape Horn. Highest peak, Aconcagua, 22,834 feet (6,960 meters).



Andes

/ ˈændiːz /

plural noun

  1. a major mountain system of South America, extending for about 7250 km (4500 miles) along the entire W coast, with several parallel ranges or cordilleras and many volcanic peaks: rich in minerals, including gold, silver, copper, iron ore, and nitrates. Average height: 3900 m (13 000 ft). Highest peak: Aconcagua, 6960 m (22 835 ft)

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Andes

  1. Mountain system in South America running over 4,500 miles along the entire length of South America's Pacific Ocean coast.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Andes1

First recorded in 1815–20; from Spanish, from Quechua andi “high crest”
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The Atacama desert in Chile sits long and lean, sandwiched between the Andes Mountains and the Pacific Ocean.

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Earlier this year, an armed gang killed 13 security workers near a mine in the Andes.

Glaciers are rapidly shrinking around the world, from the Himalayas to the Andes, as temperatures are pushed higher by the use of fossil fuels and rising greenhouse gas levels.

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It is located high in the Andes mountains in central Chile.

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The underground water from the Andes, rich in minerals, is "very old" and replenishes slowly.

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