Andes

bordering Colombia are Panama, Venezuela, Brazil, Peru, and Ecuador. Colombia is located near the Equator, which creates a diverse climate. One of the world’s greatest mountain ranges subsides in Colombia. The Andean Cordillera, also known as the Andes Cordillera, makes up most of the landscape of the Western part of Colombia, where most of society live. The mountain range is divided into three branches: the Cordillera Occidental, Cordillera Central, and the Cordillera Oriental. The Cordillera…

were able to locate three new new species of wood lizards, as seen at Ecuador Travel [http://www.ecuador-travel.net/biodiversity.reptiles.htm), and they are referring to as “dwarf dragons” due to their dragon-like appearance. They were located in the Andes Mountains in the South American countries of Ecuador and Peru. These new species of wood lizards have been scientifically classified as Enyalioides altotambo,…

Bolivia’ geography is divided into three regions. To the west, one – third of the country is covered by the Andes mountain. The Andes run in two great parallel ranges: the Cordillera Occidental ( the Western Range) which is an area of mostly dormant volcanoes and the Cordillera Central ( the Central Range). The Altiplano (a high plateau) is located in the between. Along the Altiplano's eastern side is a continuous flat area, which has been Bolivia's main north-south transportation passage since…

According to most chinchilla websites, chinchillas are cute perky animals that love to play, but don’t squeeze them too hard! Sadly the Long-Tailed chinchilla is endangered unlike its short-tailed relative.. The chinchilla is native to the Andes, in South America. They have the 2nd thickest fur on the planet, only beaten by the cute sea-otter. DESCRIPTION The chinchilla is a very cute animal. The chinchilla has soft, fleecy grey fur, which is darker around the facial area. Pink noses the…

of the coastal Andes.This is the smallest cat and survives in the wild. The biome the Kodkod lives is the Deciduous forest. It can be found in Canada, Europe, parts of Russia, China and Japan but we will focus on the Southern part of the Coastal Andes. The climate can be 46.4 to 86 degrees fahrenheit.The weather is often warm,moist and sunny. There are other 2 other biotic animals in the environment. They are the Eastern Chipmunk and Red Tailed Hawk. There are also 4 abiotic thing.They are…

Idolatry is the worship of idols and it is a crucial component to the understanding of how it affected the race of the Colonial Andeans. Idolatry affected the race of the Colonial Andes in a much more negative way, but if course there was resistance. In this paper, it will discuss the beginning of the Inca Empire then lead to the explanation on the Spanish desire for change. To conclude, Taki Onqoy will explain this resistance from the pressure and the conversion that was discussed beforehand.…

Yates didn’t know what to do because the alternate would have risked both of their led to both of their deaths in attempt to saving both of them. In another story “The 1972 Andes Flight Disaster” rescuers were trying to find the survivors, but soon gave…

This occurs mainly at a convergent plate boundary; it causes the uplift of the surface in these areas. Examples of mountain ranges at convergent plate boundaries are the Alps, Andes, Cascade Ranges and the Himalayas; these examples were taken by Short and Blair (1986). Mountains can be formed at these boundaries in three different ways, for example oceanic to oceanic, oceanic to continental and finally continental to continental…

narrowest nations around the world, Chile extends from a latitude of 17 degree south to Cape Horn at 56 degree between Andes and the Pacific Ocean. (Smith, 1904). The country extends more than 4,000 km from north to south while only around 170 km from east to west. According to the data, around 80% of the country’s interior land is covered by mountains, with the snowcapped Andes covering almost all of its eastern boarder (World Atlas). The south Chile is one of the world’s rainiest area; while…

Far away in the Andes Mountains the Inca lived. It was necessary for the Incas to adapt to the mountains. If they did not adapt to the climate they would not have survived. Their technology was very good, they had to adapt to the powerful Andes Mountains. They had several ideas to adapt to the mountains; they had an excellent terrace system (Donn) and they also had irrigation system. Since their empire was huge and that they lived in the mountains they had roads around the Empire. In every…