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Aerial view of Valle Carbajal in the Tierra del Fuego. The Andes range is about 200 km (124 mi) wide throughout its length, except in the Bolivian flexure where it is about 640 kilometres (398 mi) wide. The Andes can be divided into three sections: The Southern Andes in Argentina and Chile, south of Llullaillaco,
This is a list of rivers in the continental United States by average discharge (streamflow) in cubic feet per second. All rivers with average discharge more than 15,000 cubic feet per second are listed.
A view of Lake Titicaca taken from the town of Copacabana, Bolivia. Five major river systems feed into Lake Titicaca. [11] In order of their relative flow volumes, these are Ramis, Coata, Ilave, Huancané, and Suchez. [5] More than 20 other smaller streams empty into Titicaca. The lake has 41 islands, some of which are densely populated.
The river flows south on an elevated plateau, for about 150 km (90 mi), to the oasis of Chiu Chiu. The upper courses of the river are at a considerable elevation above sea level and receive a large volume of water from the Andes, mainly of two major tributaries: San Pedro de Inacaliri River and Salado River.
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A satellite image of the Patagonian Desert by NASA World Wind Astronaut photography of the Patagonian Desert (most of the view) contrasted with the Limay River, seen flowing eastward from the Andes. The Patagonian Desert , also known as the Patagonian Steppe , is the largest desert in Argentina and is the eighth-largest desert in the world by ...
The new Netflix drama, directed by J.A. Bayona, tells the story of the disaster, which happened in October 1972 when Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crashed into the Andes mountains, immediately ...
Aerial view of the glacier, taken two weeks before the 2004 rupture Map of the glacier with the internation border made in 1998.. The Perito Moreno (Spanish: Glaciar Perito Moreno), Francisco Gormaz or Bismarck Glacier [1] is a glacier located in Los Glaciares National Park in southwest Santa Cruz Province, Argentina, and originated in the Magallanes Region in Chile, being also part of the ...