Andes Mountains

Andes Mountains

News: The United Nations refugee agency recently reported that seven Haitian migrants have died in the Andean highlands of Peru as anti-government protests have prevented them from crossing into Bolivia.

About:
 The Andes is the longest above-water mountain range in the world.
 They extend over seven countries – Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela, known as Andean States.
 It is about 8,900 km long and second only to the Himalayas in average elevation.
 It consists of a succession of parallel and transverse mountain ranges, or cordilleras, and of intervening plateaus and depressions.
 The highest elevation in the Andes is Mount Aconcagua in Argentina, which is 6,962 m above sea level.
 The Andes are also home to the world’s highest volcano when measured above sea level, the Ojos del Salado on the Chile-Argentina border.
 The Andes Mountains are over 50 million years old, they were created when the South American and Pacific tectonic plates collided.