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** Eunectes murinus, the green anaconda, the largest species, is found east of the Andes in Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil and on the island of Trinidad.
The diversity of animals in the Andes is high, with almost 600 species of mammals ( 13 % endemic ), more than 1, 700 species of birds ( about 1 / 3 endemic ), more than 600 species of reptile ( about 45 % endemic ), and almost 400 species of fish ( about 1 / 3 endemic ).
For example, the main crossover of the Andes between Argentina and Chile is still accomplished through the Paso Internacional Los Libertadores.
However, there is one railroad that connects Chile with Argentina via the Andes, and there are others that make the same connection via southern Bolivia.
There is one or more highway in Bolivia that cross the Andes.
There is a long history of mining in the Andes, from the Spanish silver mines in Potosí in the 16th century to the vast current porphyry copper deposits of Chuquicamata and Escondida in Chile and Toquepala in Peru.
Kiwicha, as amaranth is known today in the Andes, was one of the staple foodstuffs of the Incas.
Chile ( or ), officially the Republic of Chile (,, Mapudungun: Gulumapu ), is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow strip of land between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west.
Chiles principal growing region and agricultural heartland is the Central Valley delimited by the Chilean Coast Range in the west, the Andes in the east Aconcagua River by the north and Bío-Bío River by the south.
( The title is a reference to Lost in the Andes !, a Donald Duck story by Carl Barks, first published in April, 1949.
The figurine of the Bahia Culture ( 300 BC-500 AD ) La Chimba is the site of the earliest ceramic northern Andes, north of Quito, and is representative of the Formative Period in its final stage.
Luthor decides to fake his own death by piloting a prototype jet on a proposed trip around the world and crashing it in the Andes ; this is merely a cover for the removal of his brain from his cancer-ridden body and the growth of a cloned body around it, whereupon he passes himself off as his hitherto unknown, illegitimate 21-year-old son and heir, Lex Luthor II.
Above sea level the Andes is usually considered the world's longest mountain system ; it is in length.
The Andes is the world's longest mountain system on the surface of a continent ; it is in length.
To clarify, the Andes is the world's largest chain of mountains above sea level.
The mean inter-annual contribution of the Bolivian Andes is, i. e. yr, representing 25 % of the discharge of the entire upper Madeira basin.
According to Captain Carbajal, who descended the Pongo de Manseriche in the little steamer " Napo ," in 1868, it is a vast rent in the Andes about 600 m ( 2000 ft ) deep, narrowing in places to a width of only 30 m ( 100 ft ), the precipices " seeming to close in at the top.
It is formed from a multitude of water-courses which descend the slopes of the Ecuadorian Andes south of the gigantic volcano of Sangay ; but it soon reaches the plain, which commences where it receives its Cusulima branch.

Andes and rich
In Spain an equivalent place is named Jauja, after a rich mining region of the Andes, and País de Cucaña (" fools ' paradise ") may also signify such a place.

Andes and fauna
Each has its own characteristic vegetation, fauna, climate, and, despite the omnipresence of both the Andes and the Pacific, its own distinct topography.

Andes and With
With the help of Katie's three big, strong brothers ( James Arness, Lex Barker, Keith Andes ), Glenn takes Petree away from the goons Finley assigned to watch him, and makes him confess over the radio.
With many others he crossed the Andes and went into exile to Buenos Aires.
With the addition of Andes ' brother, Matt Andes ( born c. 1950, California ) ( guitar, vocals ) and William " Curly " Smith ( born 31 January 1952, Wolf Point, Montana ) ( drums, vocals and harp ), they were signed to Asylum Records.
With the first record and some touring already completed, Andes decided to leave and join a band that would later become Firefall, with brother Matt staying behind with Jo Jo Gunne.
With its hypocenter located roughly below the surface, the quake extended itself below the Andes and was felt in a large area, including the Peruvian coastal regions and as far away as Bogotá, Colombia, as well as most of Ecuador and western Brazil.

Andes and almost
The hardest phase was the crossing of the Andes cordillera: at almost 4, 000 meters of altitude, the cold, hunger and tiredness meant the death of various Spaniards and natives, but mainly slaves who were not accustomed to such rigorous climate.
In South America, whilst in the continental cratons soils are almost as old as in Australia and Southern Africa, the presence of the geologically young and evolving Andes means that this region is on the western side of the subtropical anticyclones and thus receives warm and humid air from the Atlantic Ocean.
Vegetation here is almost non-existent, though on the eastern slopes of the Andes rainfall is adequate for rainfed agriculture.
Shrews are distributed almost worldwide: of the major tropical and temperate land masses, only New Guinea, Australia, and New Zealand do not have native shrews at all ; in South America, shrews are relatively recent immigrants and are present only in the northern Andes.
These epiphytic and terrestrial species are distributed in Central America and the northwest Andes, almost half in Ecuador alone.
While chicha is most commonly associated with maize, the word is used in the Andes for almost any homemade fermented drink, and many different grains or fruits are used to make " chicha " in different regions.
Human infections of hantaviruses have almost entirely been linked to human contact with rodent excrement, but recent human-to-human transmission has been reported with the Andes virus in South America.
* The Argentinian wine region of Mendoza is almost completely dependent on irrigation, using water drawn from the many rivers that drain glacial ice from the Andes.
In its first inception ( circa 1992 ) Mummy was released as a mere softcover rules supplement for Vampire: The Masquerade which allowed you to play as an immortal mummy that almost always came from ancient Egypt, though it was also possible to be originally from ancient China or the ancient Andes.
It is almost entirely flat, with extensive plains from the convergence of the Apure, Arauca, and Capanaparo Rivers with the Orinoco to the foothills of the Andes.
It is also sometimes mentioned as being the highest point in South America outside of the Andes, but this is not correct either: the title belongs to Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in Colombia, which is almost twice the height of Pico da Neblina and completely detached from the Andes.
) Maipo is also almost the southernmost 5, 000 metre peak in the Andes.
In the Ordovician, there was extremely intense volcanism over the region, almost all of which is now completely eroded, forming the many salt lakes on the western side of the range, which is an elevated plateau leading to the foothills of the Andes.
The annual rainfall is very variable, with generally two or three comparatively dry months in summer in the fjord region with a strong increase towards the Andes mountain range, resulting in almost 6000 mm of annual precipitation in Huinay.
He was a member of the fraternity St. Anthony Hall and while still an undergraduate, he participated in the Orton expedition that ascended the Amazon River almost to its source, and crossing the Andes, he exited South America by way of Peru, returning to the USA by ship.

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The boundaries of the genus Plantago have been fairly stable, with the main question being whether to include Bougueria ( one species from the Andes ) and Littorella ( 23 species of aquatic plants ).
coca are found in the eastern Andes, but the other 3 taxa are only known as cultivated plants.
The longest continuous highways are National Route 40, a 5000-km stretch along the Andes range and the 3000-km sea-side trunk road National Route 3, running from Buenos Aires to Ushuaia.
The main ski centers are located in Central Chile right in the middle of the Andes, at heights that vary from 2, 400 meters ( 7, 872 ft ) up to 3, 000 meters ( 9840 ft ) above sea level.
Found in the Andes mountains and adjacent Pacific coasts of western South America, it has the largest wingspan ( at 3. 2 m or 10. 5 ft ) of any land bird.
* BBC Radio 3 Audio ( 60 minutes ): Huaynos of the Andes and Afro-Peruvian music.
For example, the Chilean Passion Flower ( P. pinnatistipula ) is a rare vine growing in the Andes from Venezuela to Chile between 2, 500 and 3, 800 meters altitude, and in Coastal Central Chile, where it occurs in woody Chilean Mediterranean forests.
On Tuesday, 12 April 1994, 3 a. m. Eastern time a real-time image was downlinked from the X-SAR showing a region of the Andes Mountains in Bolivia.
* April 1 – French pilot Adrienne Bolland flies a Caudron G. 3 from Mendoza, Argentina, to Santiago, the first flight across the Andes by a woman.
* October 13 – Carrying the Old Christians Club rugby union team from Montevideo, Uruguay, to play a match in Santiago, Chile, a Uruguayan Air Force Fairchild FH-227 operating as Flight 571 with 45 people on board crashes in the Andes in Argentina at an altitude of 3, 600 m ( 11, 800 ft ).
Yareta ( Azorella compacta, also known as " Llareta " in Spanish or Azorella yareta in the past ) is a tiny flowering plant in the family Apiaceae native to South America, occurring in the Puna grasslands of the Andes in Peru, Bolivia, the north of Chile and the west of Argentina at between 3, 200 and 4, 500 metres altitude.
For a new district to be legally established, a 1982 law requires a minimum number of residents to live in the area: 3, 500 if it is located in the rainforest, 4, 000 in the Andes highlands and 10, 000 in the coastal area.
The battle occurred 150 km from Bogotá in the Andes Mountains, in a place known as Casa de Teja, close to a bridge over the Teatinos River and 3 roads heading to Samaca, Motavita and Tunja, an area which is now part of the Boyacá Department.
Notable enemies included ( Leading Comics # 2 ) the Black Star, who used " black light " to transform himself into a giant ; (# 3 ) Dr. Wilfred Doome, who used a time machine to summon historic tyrants as his operatives to steal materials allowing his time machine to send him into the Future ; '(# 4 ) the Sense-Master, who attempted to assemble a " lifestone " to animate an army of stone ; (# 5 ) the Skull, who paid criminals to steal an experimental age-reversing device ; (# 6 ) the Copperhead ( not to be confused with Batman's enemy Copperhead ), who briefly turned the Soldiers against each other during an Andes treasure hunt ; (# 7 ) the democracy-suppressing Wizards of Stanovia ; (# 8 ) the Dummy ( enemy of the Vigilante and former operative of the Hand ( see # 1 )), who, in a reversal of Doome's tactics, used a time machine to send the Soldiers into the past ; (# 9 ) Mr. X, who wagered with several of the heroes ' individual enemies that he can defeat the entire team ; (# 10 ) gangster Baby-Face Johnson ; (# 11 ) various criminals attempting to acquire gangster Handsome Harry's " lucky hat "; (# 12 ) an unidentified criminal who manipulated them into recovering treasure ; (# 13 ) the Barracuda, who sought powerful artifacts used by earlier criminals ; (# 14 ) several fictional character inadvertently brought to life by Dr. Wimsett.
The Inca are featured in the third Campaign in Age of Empires 3, having a Lost City hidden in the Andes.
The dish is essentially made in the central Peruvian Andes in three main regions: 1 ) the upper Huallaga valley, in Huánuco and Pasco vicinity, where it is made with pork and seasoned with chincho, a local herb ; 2 ) in the Mantaro valley and neighboring area around cities like Huancayo, Tarma and Jauja ; they use lamb and a different seasoning ; and 3 ) in several places of Ayacucho department.
A metallurgical site survey in the Peruvian Andes, in Journal of field Archaeology 3 ( 1 ): 1-42.
On the eastern slope of the Andes for example it is regularly found at about 3, 300-4, 300 ft ( 1, 000-1, 300 m ).
Many are grow in the Andes, at altitudes between 1, 000 and 3, 000 m. Their habitats include humid jungles, dry tropical forests, sunny grassy slopes, cool cloud forests, and sandy barrier islands.

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