The Andes is a vast mountain system forming a continuous chain of highland along the western coast of South America. It is roughly 7000 km (4400 mi) long, 500 km (300 mi) wide in some parts (widest between 18° to 20° S latitude), and of an average height of about 4000 m (13,000 ft).
The Andean range is composed of two great principal chains with a deep intermediate depression, in which arise other chains of minor importance, the chief of which is Chile's Cordillera de la Costa. Other small chains arise on the sides of ...
Andes - Geology.
The formation of the Andes dates extends into the Paleozoic Era, when terrane accretion was the dominant process. It was during the Cretaceous Period that the Andes began to take their present form, by the uplifting, faulting and folding of sedimetary and metamorphic rocks of the ancient cratons to the east. Tectonic forces along the subduction zone along the entire west coast of South America where the Nazca Plate and a part of the Antarctic Plate are sliding beneath the South American Plate con ...
The story features Donald and his nephews as members of a museum sponsored expedition searching for the source of a number of square "artifacts" held in the Duckburg museum, recently revealed to be square eggs! There is a rising interest, both scientific and financial, to find the source of these eggs and the chicken that gave birth to them. The only thing known about them though is that they came from somewhere in the Andes. Unfortunately for the members of the expedition they all suffer from food poisoning during their journey to South Ame ...
Andes started his Broadway career while serving in the Air Force during World War II. In 1947, he received the Theater World Award for his role in for his outstanding breakout role in "The Chocolate Soldier" and later he starred in "Kiss Me Kate." His first screen role was a minor part in the film Winged Victory (1944). In 1952, he appeared with Marilyn Monroe in Clash by Night.
On television, he played an amateur sleuth on the 1963 sitcom "Glynis" that starred Glynis Johns who played his wife. He also appeared in the police ...
Arrondissement of Les Andelys - Cantons.
The cantons of the arrondissement of Les Andelys are:
Les Andelys
Écos
Étrépagny
Fleury-sur-Andelle
Gaillon
Gaillon-Campagne
Gisors
Lyons-la-Forêt
Pont-de-l'Arche
Val-de-Reuil
Arrondissement of Les Andelys - Communes.
The communes of the arrondissement of Les Andelys are:
Ailly
Alizay
Amécourt
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According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 291.5 km² (112.5 mi²). 282.5 km² (109.1 mi²) of it is land and 9.0 km² (3.5 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 3.07% water.
The south town line is the border of Ulster County, New York. Andes is partly in the Catskill State Park.
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On October 13, 1972 an Uruguayan Air Force twin turboprop Fairchild FH-227D was flying over the Andes carrying the Stella Maris (Christian Brothers) school's "Old Christians" rugby team from Montevideo, Uruguay to play a match in Santiago, Chile. After a refuelling stop in Buenos Aires and an overnight stop in Mendoza because of inclement mountain weather, the flight over the Andes commenced. After a navigation error while the aircraft (which had a maximum altitude of only 6800 m) was shrouded in clouds, it started to descend while still ove ...
Settlement began in 1784. The town was formed in 1819 from the Town of Middletown.
In 1845 in an Anti-rent War, protesters, several hundred dressed as "Calico Indians," shot and killed Under-Sheriff Osman Steele, when he and deputies attempted to collect overdue rent of about $64. Hundreds of protestors were arrested and two were sentenced to death, but their sentences were later commuted.
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The Andean States are nations in South America that contain portions of—or border—the Andes mountain range. The Andes occupy the western part of South America, and are associated with the following countries:
North - Bordering the Caribbean Sea This region is semi-tropical and semi-mountainous.
Colombia
Venezuela
West - Bordering the Pacific Ocean
Ecuador
Peru
Central - Landlocked
Bolivia
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The Aymara are a native ethnic group in the Andes region of South America; about 2.3 million live in Bolivia, Peru, Northern Chile, and Argentina. They lived in the region for many centuries before becoming a subject people of the Inca, and later of the Spanish in the 16th century.
Aymara - History.
The Aymara have existed in the Andes in what is now Bolivia and to a lesser extent Peru for over 2,000 years according to some estimates. Some associate them with highly advanced civilization centered at Tiwanak ...
Anderson, Andersson or Andersen is a surname deriving from a patronymic meaning "son of Anders/Andrew" (itself derived from the Greek name "Andreas," meaning "man" or "manly.").
In Scotland, the name was first found in the Great Glen and Strathspey, where the Anderson family was seated from ancient times. The name soon migrated to England, where it was consistently written with only one s.
The name is one of the most common names in Sweden, where it is mostly written Andersson but occasionally ...
The Bronze-winged Duck (Anas specularis) is a dabbling duck of the genus Anas.
Named after the "bronze" speculum this species is also known as "pato perro" or "dog-duck" after the harsh barking call of the female.
The bronzewing lives among forested rivers and fast-flowing streams on the lower slopes of the South American Andes, in Central Chile and Argentina.
Sexes are alike.
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The Atacama desert of Chile and Peru is a virtually rainless plateau made up of salt basins (salares), sand, and lava flows, extending from the Andes mountains to the Pacific Ocean.
The average width (east-and-west) is less than 160 kilometers (100 miles) but it extends from the Peruvian border 1000 kilometers (600 miles) south to the Bolivian Altiplano. The mountains nearest to the ocean are the Pacific coast ...
The Culpeo is a South American species of wild dog. It is the second largest South American canid after the Maned Wolf. In its appearance it resembles a fox. It has grey fur, a white chin, reddish legs, and a stripe on its back which may be barely visible.
Its distribution extends from Ecuador and Peru to Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego. It is most common on the western slopes of the Andes, where it ...
Cotopaxi is an Ecuadorian stratovolcano.
Cotopaxi - The volcano.
Cotopaxi is a volcano in Ecuador, at 5,897 meters the second highest in the country (the highest one being Chimborazo at 6,310 meters), and one of the highest active volcanoes in the world. However, despite occasional claims, it is not the highest historically active volcano, that title being held by the much higher Llullaillaco volcano (6,739 meters high, active in 1877) on the border between Chile and Arge ...
1698 - Events.
January 4 - Palace of Whitehall in London is destroyed by fire.
June 19 - Volcano of Carguarazon erupts in the Andes and causes a rain of fish
August 25 – Peter the Great arrives back to Moscow - general Patrick Gordon has already crushed the streltsy rebellion - 341 rebels sentenced to be decapitated. Tradition holds that tsar Peter decapitated some of them himself
September 5 - In an effort to move his people away from Asiatic customs, Tsar Peter I of Russia imp ...
List of Viola species
Violets (Viola) are a genus of flowering plants in the family Violaceae, with around 400-500 species throughout the world, mainly in the temperate Northern Hemisphere but also in Hawaii, Australasia, and the Andes in South America. They are typically found in moist and slightly shaded conditions such as hedgerows.
Most violets are small perennial plants, but a few are annual plants and some are small shrubs. They typically have heart-shaped leaves, and asymmetrical flower ...
Aymara is an Aymaran language spoken by the Aymara of the Andes. It is one of only a handful of Native American languages with over a million speakers, and it is one of the official languages of Bolivia and Peru. It is also spoken in Chile and Argentina.
Many linguists believe that Aymara is related to its more widely-spoken neighbour, Quechua. This claim, however, is disputed — although there are indeed similarities, critics say that these may simply be areal features resulting ...
Boris Weisfeiler is a Russian-born emigre to the United States, missing since 1984. A genius of mathematical theory, Weisfeiler left the persecution and discrimination he faced as a Jew under communist rule in order to freely practice his career and his religion. After a short time at Princeton, Weisfeiler settled in as a professor at Penn State University.
As he commonly did, Weisfeiler went on a solo hiking trip over Christmas of 1984; this time, to the Chilean Andes. As today, Chile is an ally of the United States. However, ...
The arracacha is a garden root vegetable originally from the Andes, somewhat intermediate between the carrot and celery. Its starchy taproot is a popular food item in South America, especially in Brazil where it is a major commercial crop.
The name arracacha (or racacha) was borrowed into Spanish from Quechua, and is used in the Andean region. The plant is also called apio criollo ("creole celery") in Venezuela, zanahoria blanca ("white carrot") in Ecuador, virraca in Peru ...
