Andes Mountains

Western South American range

The Andes Mountains are the longest continental mountain range in the world, stretching along the western coast of South America through seven countries.

The range includes many peaks above 20,000 feet and was home to the Inca civilization.

We hiked through the Andes, The Andes run the length of Chile.

Related

South America · Quechua · Inca Empire · Machu Picchu · Inca Trail · alpaca · indigenous communities · Simón Bolívar · condors · coca leaves · tectonic plates · glaciers · terraces · Ring of Fire · cloud forests · Incas · Spanish conquest · Bolivia

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Opposites
GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION (Western Hemisphere mountain ranges)

Andes MountainsRocky Mountains

Western North American cordillera

Appalachian Mountains · Sierra Nevada · Alaska Range · Canadian Rockies · Cascade Range

topographic elevation

Andes MountainsMariana Trench

Deepest oceanic chasm

ocean floor · Dead Sea · Death Valley · sea level · ocean depths

terrain type

Andes MountainsGreat Plains

Central North American grassland

Sahara Desert · lowlands · plains · flatlands · Netherlands

Family

mountain, anti, mountainous, Andes, mountaineering, montane, Andean

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G