The andes, andes mountains or andean mountains spanish. Pdf structure and evolution of the central andes of peru. Eastern cordillera of central peru, tarma province. The andes mountain range is also the highest mountain range outside asia list. Preandean serpentinitechromite orebodies in the eastern.
In peru the cordillera occidental is the western branch of the andes. The andes are the longest exposed mountain range of the world, and the secondhighest after the himalayas. About 180 km long, the range has 35 peaks over 6,000 m in elevation, the highest of which is mount huascaran 6,768 m. As with other parts of the peruvian andes the cordillera occedental bears evidence on the andean orogeny.
Pdf the eastern cordillera of peru represents one of the longest 1200 km paleozoic metamorphic and. Cordillera blanca white mountain range traveling the route of the glaciers. Pdf protoandean evolution of the eastern cordillera of peru. This mountain range is the western section of the occidental chain of the north andes of peru. Trekperu a complete, bilingual guide to travel in peru. To the east of cordillera occidental lies the cordillera central and the cordillera oriental of peru.
Download as ppt, pdf, txt or read online from scribd. This is a list of the mountains in the andes that are at least 4,000 metres,000 ft high. Tectonic framework of central andes, with bend at arica marking the hinge of andean. It is part of the interoceanic drainage divide between the santa and marafion river basins. It bounds to the west with coastal plains or falls directly into the pacific along cliffed coasts.
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