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    the latitude of the widest part of the north–south-trending Andes. The bulk of the Altiplano lies in Bolivia, but its northern parts lie in Peru, and its...
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    Andes covering parts of the departments of Cundinamarca and Boyacá. The altiplano corresponds to the ancient territory of the Muisca. The Altiplano Cundiboyacense...
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    The Andes (/ˈændiːz/ AN-deez), Andes Mountains or Andean Mountain Range (Spanish: Cordillera de los Andes; Quechua: Anti) are the longest continental...
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    The Altiplano-Puna Magma Body (APMB), a magma body located within the Altiplano-Puna plateau approximately 10–20 km beneath the Altiplano-Puna Volcanic...
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    the Andes. It is located in the Altiplano area, a highland bounded by the Bolivian Cordillera Real in the east and by the main chain of the Andes, the...
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  • the Andean Altiplano mouse or Andean akodont, is a species of rodent in the genus Abrothrix of family Cricetidae. It is found in the Altiplano habitat of...
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    floor of the Altiplano rises again, creating hills and volcanoes that span the gap between the eastern and western cordilleras of the Andes. The much older...
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    The Altiplano Basin (Spanish: Cuenca del Altiplano) is a sedimentary basin within the Andes in Bolivia and Peru. The basin is located on the Altiplano plateau...
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    Andean orogeny (redirect from Andes orogeny)
    creating sedimentary basins east of it. At the same time the Andes around the Altiplano region broadened to exceed any other Andean segment in width....
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    batholith: U-Pb in zircon chronochemistry of the Altiplano-Puna Volcanic Complex of the Central Andes". Geosphere. 12 (4): 1054–1077. Bibcode:2016Geosp...
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    question among geologists. Today the Altiplano is believed to have been an early foreland basin of the "proto-Andes" that got uplifted by crustal shortening...
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    Lake Tauca is a former lake in the Altiplano of Bolivia. It is also known as Lake Pocoyu for its constituent lakes: Lake Poopó, Salar de Coipasa and Salar...
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    the Andes. The growth of the Altiplano high plateau commenced 25 million years ago before shifting eastward 12-6 million years ago. The Andean Central Volcanic...
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  • belongs to a group of ignimbrites that exist in the Central Andes and which includes the Altiplano–Puna volcanic complex. The plateau covers a surface...
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    The fauna of the Andes, a mountain range in South America, is large and diverse. As well as a huge variety of flora, the Andes contain many different...
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  • genus Abrothrix of family Cricetidae. It is found in the altiplano habitat of the Andes from central Peru through Bolivia into northwestern Argentina. Populations...
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    Plateau between the Himalayas and Kunlun Mountains, Altiplano plateau between two ranges of Andes. Lava or volcanic plateaus are the plateau that occur...
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    Park Andes portal Colombia portal Mountains portal Geography of Colombia Altiplano Cundiboyacense, Bogotá savanna, Tenza Valley Cordillera Central, Occidental...
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    Aymara people (category Indigenous peoples of the Andes)
    (Aymara: aymara listen), people are an indigenous people in the Andes and Altiplano regions of South America. About 2.3 million live in northwest Argentina...
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  • the Andes, it is considered to be part of the Central Volcanic Zone (CVZ), one of the three volcanic arcs of the Andes, and its associated Altiplano-Puna...
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    ranges of the Andes and include a large district. This arid, bleak area is apparently a continuation southward of the great Altiplano, and is known as...
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  • of central Brazil. Other locations featured are the Galápagos Islands and the Salar de Uyuni, the world's biggest salt lake in the Bolivian altiplano. Filming...
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  • Lavenu, Alain (1995-01-01). "Geodinamica plio-cuaternaria en los Andes centrales: el Altiplano norte de Bolivia" (PDF). Revista Tecnica de YPFB (in Spanish)...
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    (also Jaqi or Aru) is one of the two dominant language families in the central Andes alongside Quechuan. The family consists of Aymara, widely spoken in...
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  • natives Altiplano or Puna, a region that covers part of Bolivia, Peru, and the northern end of Argentina and Chile Puna de Atacama, a plateau in the Andes Pune...
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    caldera is part of the Altiplano-Puna volcanic complex, a large ignimbrite province that is part of the Central Volcanic Zone of the Andes. Pastos Grandes has...
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    Scandinavia Navajo of North America Quechua of The Andes region Aymara of The Andes and Altiplano regions One of the consequences of the break-up of the...
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    Bofedales (category Ecology of the Andes)
    "Bofedales: turberas de alta montaña de los Andes centrales" [Bofedales: high altitude peatlands of the central Andes] (PDF). Revista Chilena de Historia Natural...
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    Muisca (also called Chibcha) are an indigenous people and culture of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, Colombia, that formed the Muisca Confederation before...
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  • Lucayan archipelago Central America Isthmus of Panama Mosquito Coast Soconusco South America Amazon basin Andes Altiplano Altiplano Cundiboyacense Puna...
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