Andes (Mountains)
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Andes (Mountains) — [an′dēz΄] mountain system extending the length of W South America: highest peak, Aconcagua … English World dictionary
Andes (Mountains) — [an′dēz΄] mountain system extending the length of W South America: highest peak, Aconcagua … English World dictionary
Andes Mountains — Mountain system, western South America. One of the great natural features of the globe, the Andes extend north south about 5,500 mi (8,850 km). They run parallel to the Caribbean Sea coast in Venezuela before turning southwest and entering… … Universalium
Andes — This article is about the mountain range in South America. For other uses, see Andes (disambiguation). Andes (Quechua: Anti(s/kuna)) Range … Wikipedia
Andes disease — An·des disease (anґdēz) [Andes Mountains in Peru, where it was first observed] chronic mountain sickness … Medical dictionary
Andes lightning — an electrical discharge of the corona type, occurring over mountains when the atmosphere is electrically disturbed. Also called Andes glow, Andes lights. * * * … Universalium
Andes lightning — an electrical discharge of the corona type, occurring over mountains when the atmosphere is electrically disturbed. Also called Andes glow, Andes lights … Useful english dictionary
Andes — An|des the Andes a ↑range of high mountains along the west coast of South America … Dictionary of contemporary English
Andes — noun a mountain range in South America running 5000 miles along the Pacific coast • Derivationally related forms: ↑Andean • Instance Hypernyms: ↑range, ↑mountain range, ↑range of mountains, ↑chain, ↑mountain chain, ↑chain … Useful english dictionary
ANDES — an unbroken range of high mountains, 150 of them actively volcanic, which extend, often in double and triple chains, along the west of South America from Cape Horn to Panama, a distance of 4500 m., divided into the Southern or Chilian as far… … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
