The Andes
70
million years ago the collision of tectonic plates formed the
Andes, the scale of the Andes is extraordinary. Some 4,500 miles
in length, the range would stretch from Havana to Juneau Alaska
if laid across North America. These peaks are second only in magnitude
to the Himalayas towering at heights of up to 22,000 feet . The
range's elevated spine creates a obviously defined border between
Chile and Argentina that stretches 2,000 miles. To the north the
range is high and barren while to the south-in the Andean Corridor
of Lakes-the peaks are less intense, glaciated, and blessed with
hundreds of pristine lakes joined by wild rivers. This Andean
Corridor of Lakes is split, half in Chile and half in Argentina
and is known as Lake District-Chileano and Lake District-Argentino.
It is a naturally vivid wonderland of glaciers, forests, lakes,
rivers, fjords, volcanoes and sentinel mountains.
