This is how the mountains of the Himalayas in Asia were formed. The Andes are the world's longest mountain range. This causes lava to erupt out of the gap that is left. As it cools down ...

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In 2007, while searching for signs of ancient human inhabitants of the Andes mountain range, more than 4,300 meters above sea level, Kurt Rademaker came across a field littered with chunks of obsidian ...

Aconcagua, part of the Andes mountain range, is located in Mendoza Province, Argentina. It lies 112km from the provincial capital of Mendoza, with its highest peak just 5km from San Juan Province and ...

See All Key Ideas Three years ago, while exploring the Mojanda mountain range in Ecuador ... nearing completion of his book Birds of the High Andes, and Aucca, an experienced Indigenous guide ...

Aconcagua, part of the Andes mountain range, is located in Mendoza Province, Argentina. It lies 112 km from the provincial capital of Mendoza, with its highest peak just 5 km from San Juan Province ...

The Andes are the world’s longest continuous mountain range, stretching from the northernmost reaches of South America down to the southernmost tip of the continent in frigid Patagonia.