The Andes
- Created by: Ashleigh Hockenhull
- Created on: 30-04-15 16:44
View mindmap
- Fold mountain case study - the Andes
- farming
- substinence farmers grow a variety of crops on the steep slopes
- the use of terraces creates areas of flat land on the slopes
- terraces also have other advantages; flat areas retain water in an area that receives little
- also limit the downward movement of the soil in areas where the soils are very thin
- terraces also have other advantages; flat areas retain water in an area that receives little
- most crops grown in the lower valleys
- some cash crops are produced such as soybeans, rice & cotton
- llamas used in the andes - pack animals, carrying materials for irrigation and buildings into inhospitable and inaccessible areas
- female llamas used for meat & milk, & wool is used in clothes as well as rugs
- mining
- the Andes has a range of important minerals
- more than half of Peru's exports are from mining
- the yanacocha gold mine is the largest gold mine in the world.
- open pit and the gold -bearing rock is loosened by daily dynamite blasts
- nearby town of cajamarca has grown from 30,000 inhabitants (when the mine began) to about 300,000 in 2010
- mine brings alternative sources of jobs, but also means theres a lack of services & increased crime rate
- the yanacocha gold mine is the largest gold mine in the world.
- open pit and the gold -bearing rock is loosened by daily dynamite blasts
- the yanacocha gold mine is the largest gold mine in the world.
- mine brings alternative sources of jobs, but also means theres a lack of services & increased crime rate
- hydroelectric power
- the steep slopes & narrow valleys that limit farming are an advantage for HEP
- can be more easily dammed than wider valleys & the relief encourages the rapid flow of water needed to ensure the generation of electricity
- the melting snow in spring increases he supply of water
- in 2009 the El Platanal HEP power plant began to generate electricity
- involving a huge dam across the canete river, second largest in peru
- the steep slopes & narrow valleys that limit farming are an advantage for HEP
- tourism
- many natural attractions such as mountain peaks, volcanoes, glaciers & lakes
- some tourist attractions show how people settled in the inhospitable areas
- the Inca trail
- farming
Comments
No comments have yet been made