"Andes Pacifico ... the Nevados de Chillán region of the Andes Mountains, dropping 26,200 feet over four days before ...

The Atacama Desert in northern Chile sits in the rain shadow of the Andes Mountains. Though it borders the Pacific Ocean, a persistent cold flow known as the Humboldt Current keeps moisture levels ...

The Andes mountain range, located in South America, is a geological marvel that has existed for roughly 50 million years. Formed by the collision of the South American and Pacific tectonic plates ...

The Earth's longest mountain chain isn't the Andes in South America ... through the Indian Ocean, between Australia and Antarctica, and north through the Pacific Ocean. Running along the top ...

The Pacific Ocean is to the west of South America and ... The source (start) of the Amazon River is in the Andes Mountain range in Peru. It flows northwards through Brazil with its mouth taking ...

The tiny Juan de Fuca plate is largely responsible for the volcanoes that dot the Pacific Northwest ... formed some of the mountains in the Andes of South America. At ocean-ocean convergences ...