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NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Concept information

  1. Geographical Locations
  2. named geographical regions
  3. Andes region

Término preferido

Andes region

Tipo

  • Geographical

Definición

  • Information 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.

    Fuente: NAL Thesaurus Staff

    Tipo: Concept definition

Concepto genérico

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Sinónimos

  • Andean region
  • Andes mountains

En otras lenguas

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/105054

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