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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Geographical Locations > named geographical regions > Andes region
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Andes region

Definition:
The area of the great mountain system of South America, extending 4500 miles along the entire west coast of South America from Tierra del Fuego in the south to Panama in the north and crossing through the countries of Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, Chile and Argentina. The Andes region is made up of several parallel ranges, called cordilleras.
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Broader Concept:
named geographical regions
Related Concepts:
Entry Terms:
  • Andean region
  • Andes mountains
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/105054
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RDF/XMLCreated 2007-09-07, last modified 2018-02-01
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