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subregion of the Andes. Together with the Dry Andes it is one of the two subregions of the Argentina, Argentine and Chilean Andes. The Wet Andes runs from a latitude of 35th parallel south, 35°S to Cape Horn at 56th parallel south, 56°S. According to Luis Lliboutry the Wet Andes can be classified after the absence of

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. In Argentina well developed penitentes are found as south as on

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Volcano ( 40°S). Another difference is that the Wet Andes is largely devoid of

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s. The

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s of the Wet Andes have a far more stable line of equilibrium than those of the Dry Andes due to summer precipitations, low thermal oscillations and an overall high moisture.

References

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