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Welcome! A warm welcome to the Andes Portal, the home of Wikipedia information on the Andes mountain range, an important natural landscape and tourist destination in South America.

The portal gives an overview of the region as well as acting as a road map for many of the articles about the Andes, its culture and its flora and fauna on the English Wikipedia.

The Andes or Andean Mountains (Spanish: Cordillera de los Andes) are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. This range is about 7,000 km (4,300 mi) long, about 200 to 700 km (120 to 430 mi) wide (widest between 18° south and 20° south latitude), and of an average height of about 4,000 m (13,000 ft). The Andes extend from north to south through seven South American countries: Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile and Argentina.

Along their length, the Andes are split into several ranges, separated by intermediate depressions. The Andes are the location of several high plateaus – some of which host major cities such as Quito, Bogotá, Cali, Arequipa, Medellín, Sucre, Mérida and La Paz. The Altiplano plateau is the world's second-highest after the Tibetan plateau. These ranges are in turn grouped into three major divisions based on climate: the Tropical Andes, the Dry Andes, and the Wet Andes.

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Flora and fauna

Amphibians : Amable Maria frog, Amazon climbing salamander, Andean marsupial tree frog, Andean poison frog, Andes giant glass frog, Bocono rocket frog, Lake Junin frog, Pehuenche spiny chest frog,

Birds: Andean cock-of-the-rock, Andean condor, Andean duck, Andean flicker, Andean goose, Andean teal, Blackish tapaculo, Helmeted curassow, Junin crake, Junin flightless grebe, Royal cinclodes, Titicaca grebe,

Fish: Amanto, Orestias,

Insects: Neocorynura muiscae

Mammals: Alpaca (Suri / Huacaya), Andean hairy armadillo, Andean mountain cat, Andean squirrel, Andean white-eared opossum, Pampas cat, Spectacled bear
- Primates: Yellow-tailed woolly monkey,
- Rodents: Altiplano chinchilla mouse, Altiplano grass mouse, Andean akodont, Andean gerbil mouse, Andean mountain cavy, Andean porcupine, Asháninka arboreal chinchilla rat, Ashy chinchilla rat, Colombian grass mouse, Jelski's grass mouse

Geography

Caves:
Gardens :
Geology:
Lakes and reservoirs: List, Lake Fúquene, Lake Guatavita, Lake Junin, Siecha Lakes
Landscape:
Mountains: Cerro Arenas
Natural monuments: El Morado Natural Monument, Salar de Surire Natural Monument
Nature parks:
Plateaux:
Regions:
Ridges:
Rivers: Mantaro River, Volcán River
Rock formations:
Volcanoes: San José

Culture

Castles and stately homes:
Cuisine:
Education:
Forestry:
Language:
Legend:
Minerals:
Mining:
Museums:
Skiing:
Walking:
Towers:
Special articles: Brocken spectre, Harz Red mountain cattle, Imperial Palace of Goslar, Inner German border, Molkenhaus, Romkerhall Hunting Lodge, Timber framing

Towns and Villages

Important Towns and Villages:

Featured article:
The Harzer Wandernadel is a network of checkpoints for walkers in the Harz mountains. It has a system whereby hikers can earn badges at different levels by walking to the various checkpoints and stamping their passbooks. With 222 checkpoints in three federal states and five districts and over 10,000 'members', the Harz walking network has gained a Germany-wide following. The Wandernadel ("hiking badge") helps holidaymakers and locals alike to get to know the varied and popular hiking trails in the area because the check points are placed on viewing points and hill tops, by caves and castles and other places that are rich in culture or steeped in history. Most can only be reached on foot or by bicycle. More...

Excellent articles

A selection of the best articles the Andes has to offer

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Bismarck Tower (Bad Lauterberg), Harzschützen, Homburg's Watchtower, Thale Mountain Theatre, Wurmberg Granite

Abbeys: Hagenrode
Castles: Kalkburg, Pipinsburg, Sachsenstein Castle
Nature reserves: Kramershai
Mountains and plateaux: Lange (Harz)
Rivers: Kellwasser Valley
Rocks: Gläserner Mönch
Other: Regionalverband Harz, Kaiserworth, Krug Bridge, Lynx Stone, Wernigerode Orangery, Wernigerode Pleasure Garden

Did you know, that...?

The Wurmberg in the Harz, near Braunlage, is the highest mountain in Lower Saxony?
An indication of the natural state of the beech woods in the Harz is the return of the black stork (pictured)?
The Harz Narrow Gauge Railways, an old fashioned, steam and diesel-powered railway network is a very popular mode of transport, especially with tourists ?

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