what type of mountain is the andes mountains?
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The Andes, Andes Mountains or Andean Mountains (Spanish: Cordillera de los Andes) are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America.
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['Udzungwa Mountains.', 'Ukaguru Mountains.', 'Uluguru Mountains.', 'Umalila Mountains.', 'Usambara Mountains.', 'Uvidunda Mountains.']
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The Cascade Mountain Range is a line of volcanoes above the melting oceanic plate. The Andes Mountain Range of western South America is another example of a convergent boundary between an oceanic and continental plate. Here the Nazca Plate is subducting beneath the South American plate.
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They are a subrange of the Appalachian Mountains, and form part of the Blue Ridge Physiographic Province. The range is sometimes called the Smoky Mountains and the name is commonly shortened to the Smokies.
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This famous mountain range runs through seven countries: Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina and Chile.
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The Andes Mountains Tropical Hotspot is the world's most diverse hotspot. About one-sixth of all plant species in the world live in this region. The New Zealand archipelago is another hotspot. Life on New Zealand evolved in isolation, so the islands contain many species not found anywhere else.
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The most important types of volcanic mountain are composite cones or stratovolcanoes (Vesuvius, Kilimanjaro and Mount Fuji are examples) and shield volcanoes (such as Mauna Loa on Hawaii, a hotspot volcano). A shield volcano has a gently sloping cone due to the low viscosity of the emitted material, primarily basalt.
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['The Himalaya Range. ... ', 'Karakoram and Pir Panjal Range. ... ', 'Eastern Mountain Range or The Purvanchal Range. ... ', 'The Satpura and Vindhaya Range. ... ', 'The Aravalli Range. ... ', 'The Western Ghats. ... ', 'The Eastern Ghats.']
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There are two major mountain ranges in North America: the Rocky Mountains in the west and the Appalachian Mountains in the east.
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The Inca Empire started high in the Andes Mountains of the western edge of South America.
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The Appalachian Mountains, often called the Appalachians, are a system of mountains in eastern North America. The Appalachians first formed roughly 480 million years ago during the Ordovician Period.
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The country's most notable surface feature is the Andes mountain system, which breaks up the national territory into regions that are isolated from one another and have distinctive characteristics. The three major regions are the Andean mountains and valleys, the Caribbean coast, and the eastern plains.
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Correct; the number of high peaks are more in the Rockies than Sierra's. But the sheer drop from heights to extreme low elevations is something the Sierra have over the Rockies. I have seen the Sangre de Cristo mountains in New Mexico, a spectacular range and part of the Rockies.
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['Fold Mountains (Folded Mountains)', 'Fault-block Mountains (Block Mountains)', 'Dome Mountains.', 'Volcanic Mountains.', 'Plateau Mountains.']
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The Andes Mountains are located in South America, running north to south along the western coast of the continent. The Rocky Mountains are a vast mountain system in Western North America, extending north-south from Canada to New Mexico, a distance of about 3,000 miles (4800 km).
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Volcanoes of Argentina (57 volcanoes) The active volcanoes of Argentina are located in the Andes mountains on the border with Chile and belong to the subduction zone of the Pacific underneath the Andean (South-American) plate straddling the whole west coast of South America.
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Himalayan mountain range is the highest mountain range in the world, in this range Mountain Everest is the tallest mountain. There is a great difference between a mountain range and a mountain. Mount Everest is Earth 's highest mountain above sea level , located in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas .