The Andes
- Created by: FairfieldSENCO
- Created on: 26-03-17 21:22
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- The Andes
- South America
- Fold Mountains
- Destructive Plate Boundary
- Nazca Oceanic Plate & South American continental plate collide - Ocean Trench formed
- 7000km long
- 300km long
- Average height - 4000m
- Destructive Plate Boundary
- Fold Mountains
- Use of Mountains
- Farming
- Aymara Indians
- Live in the Altiplano
- Altiplano runs from Peru to Argentina
- Cold climate
- Subsistence Farmers
- Rural-Urban Migration
- Countryside - La Paz
- Quinoa
- Live in the Altiplano
- Aymara Indians
- Tourism
- Machu Picchu
- Peru
- Benefits - £, jobs, new facilities
- Costs - Local property value increases, tourism workers low paid, MNC take money out of local area
- Cost to environment - foot path erosion - Inca Trail, Sewage and litter dumped in local rivers, helicopters disturb wildlife
- Machu Picchu
- Climate Change
- Glaciers melt
- Water supplies run out
- Snowline creeps higher
- Glaciers melt
- Farming
- Climate
- Cold - Never over 15 degrees C
- Dry - less than 150mm per year
- South America
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