Andes
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Andes, Andes Mountains ko Andean Mountains (Spanish; Quechua) su ne mafi tsayin tsaunukan nahiyoyi a duniya, suna a wani tsauni mai ci gaba a gefen yammacin Kudancin Amurka. Adadin shine 8,900 kilometres (5,530 mi) tsawo, 200 to 700 kilometres (124 to 435 mi) fadi (mafi faɗi tsakanin 18°S–20°S latitude), kuma yana da matsakaicin tsayi kusan 4,000 metres (13,123 ft) . Andes sun kara daga arewa zuwa kudu ta kasashe bakwai na Kudancin Amurka: Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, da Argentina.
Andes | |
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General information | |
Gu mafi tsayi | Aconcagua (en) |
Height above mean sea level (en) | 6,962 m |
Tsawo | 7,000 km |
Fadi | 500 km |
Yawan fili | 3,300,000 km² |
Labarin ƙasa | |
Tsarin Daidaiton Labarin Kasa | 32°39′12″S 70°00′42″W |
Mountain range (en) | American Cordillera (en) |
Kasa | Bolibiya, Chile, Kolombiya, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela da Argentina |
Ƙasantuwa a yanayin ƙasa | Amurka ta Kudu |
Mountaineering (en) | |
Geology | |
Period (en) | Mesozoic (en) |
Tare da tsayin su, Andes sun rabu zuwa jeri da yawa, an raba su ta tsaka-tsakin ciki. Andes wuri ne na tuddai masu tsayi da yawa-wasu daga cikinsu suna karbar manyan birane kamar Quito, Bogotá, Cali, Arequipa, Medellín, Bucaramanga, Sucre, Mérida, El Alto da La Paz. Dutsen Altiplano shi ne na biyu mafi girma a duniya bayan tudun Tibet. An rarraba waɗannan jeri zuwa manyan sassa uku dangane da yanayi: Tropical Andes, Dry Andes, da Wet Andes.
Tsaunukan Andes sune mafi tsayin tsaunuka a wajen Asiya. Dutsen mafi tsayi a wajen Asiya, Dutsen Aconcagua na Argentina, ya kai tsayin kusan 6,961 metres (22,838 ft). sama da matakin teku. Kololuwar Chimborazo a cikin Andes na Ecuador ya fi kowane wuri nisa daga tsakiyar duniya fiye da kowane wuri a saman duniya, saboda kumburin equatorial da ke haifar da jujjuyawar duniya. Dutsen shiga mafi girma a duniya yana cikin Andes, ciki har da Ojos del Salado a kan iyakar Chile da Argentina, wanda ya kai 6,893 metres (22,615 ft).
Andes kuma wani ɓangare ne na Amurka Cordillera, jerin jerin tsaunuka (cordillera) wanda ya ƙunshi kusan ci gaba da jerin tsaunuka wanda ke samar da yammacin "kashin baya" na Arewacin Amirka, Amurka ta tsakiya, Kudancin Amirka da Antarctica.