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The Andes
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Where are the Andes?
The Andes are on the west side of South
America, stretching from Chile in the south to
Colombia in the north.
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How to get to the Andes

• You can get to the
• Andes by flying to
• La Paz and then
• getting a lorry or a
• bus from there
• and that will take
• you to the Andes.

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The Highest Andean Mountains
Aconcagua is the highest mountain in the Andes
Aconcagua is in Argentina The first time someone
climbed Aconcagua was in 1897 Aconcagua is
exactly 6959m The 2nd highest mountain in the
Andes is Ojos del salado
Ojos del salado
Aconcagua
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Wildlife in Andes

• There are lots of different animals in the Andes
  like
• puma, spectacled bear, chinchilla, viscacha,
  vicuna,
• guanaco, mountain tapir, Andean condor, mountain
• caracara, puna ibis.

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These are the mountain peaks. It is always cold
and icy up here. Here are some animals that live
in the mountain peaks.
Andean condor
Viscacha
Mountain caracara
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This is the Puna. It is dry and cold. Here are
some animals that live in the puna.
Andean Fox
Jamess Flamingo
Puna Ibis
Vicuna
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This is the Paramo. Its often very misty here.
Here are some animals that live there
Puma
Mountain toucan
Mountain Tapir
Andean Hill Star
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Black spider monkey
Cock of the rock
Spectacled bear
Margay
This is the cloud forest. It is often very
wet. Here are some animals that live in the cloud
forest.
Paradise Tanager
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The Incas Were some of the first people to live
in the Andes.
Sacsayhuaman
This is quipu. The Incas used these to memorize
things and to write.
Machupicchu
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People in the Andes
People that live here farm llamas, sheep and
cows. They harvest potatoes these originally
came from the Andes. The other main food in the
Andes is maize.