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Wet Andes
file:Andes_clima.png, 200px, Map of the climatic regions of the Andes. The Wet Andes are shown in dark blue. The Dry Andes are shown in yellow and the Tropical Andes in green. The Wet Andes ( es, Andes húmedos) is a climatic and glaciology, glaciological 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 Penitente (snow formation), penitentes. In Argentina well developed penitentes are found as south as on Lanín Volcano (40th parallel south, 40°S). Another difference is that the Wet Andes is largely devoid of rock glaciers. The glaciers 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. Referen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cardenal Antonio Samoré Pass
Cardenal Antonio Samoré Pass ( es, Paso Cardenal Antonio Samoré) is one of the main mountain passes through the southern Andes along the border between Argentina and Chile. Together with Paso Libertadores, it is one of the easiest of the Argentina-Chile passes, and one of the few with asphalted roads in the region. The main towns and cities respectively on both sides of the pass are Entre Lagos, Chile, Entre Lagos and Osorno, Chile, Osorno in Chile and Villa La Angostura and San Carlos de Bariloche in Argentina. From the Chilean side the pass is accessed through Route 215-CH, branch line which begins at the Chile Highway 5, Panamerican Highway in Osorno. On the Argentinian side the pass is reached by Ruta Nacional 231. Since 1974 there is a treaty that guarantee the transport of Chilean goods from the Chilean X Los Lagos Region to the XII Magallanes and Antártica Chilena Region over the Paso Samoré through the Argentinian Patagonia.ArticlDisputa con Chile por la reapertura del ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
