Andes
Example Sentences
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The findings could help scientists improve models of how the Andes formed and better understand how interactions between tectonic plates influenced the geological development of the Americas.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 9, 2026
He said the new findings provide unusually strong evidence that natural selection acted on this gene in the Andes after potato cultivation began.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026
Nestled in southern Ecuador's network of Andes mountains is the town of Piñas, whose 8,000 inhabitants live in houses scattered across a valley.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
At a palatial ranch outside Medellín, the agents posed for photographs on a red carpet with the Andes mountains in the distance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
Based east of Lima in the Andes heights, it first became prominent in the sixth century a.d.—a bad time to be launching a nation on the Pacific side of South America.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
