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What are long narrow glaciers form between mountains and are common in the Alps and the Andes.?
valley glaciers
What Narrow glaciers form between mountains and are common in the Alps and the Andes.?
valley glaciers
These glaciers are common in the alps and Andes?
valleys
Glaciers in Andes?
There are many large and often beautiful glaciers in the Andes. Because many of these are in a tropical region they act as kind of warning for climatalogical conditions. Over the past 20-30 years the Andes glaciers have lost 30-50 % of their mass. This will have a very serious effect on farming all around this long range of mountains.
Why do tourists visit the area of the Andes?
They visit the Andes because of the natural attractions including peaks, glaciers etc.
Are there Glaciers in America?
Yes. There are over 50 glaciers in Latin America. Most of them are located within the Andes mountain range.
Have the Andes mountains ever been hit by glaciers?
Glaciers don't 'hit' anything, they are formed by thousands of years of snowfall that doesn't melt and thus compacts and stays in place on high, cold mountains, moving very slowly downwards. There are glaciers on some of the mountains in the Andes.
Are there glaciers in Latin America?
Yes. There are over 50 glaciers in Latin America. Most of them are located within the Andes mountain range.
What of These long narrow glaciers form between mountains and are common in the Alps and the Andes.?
These long narrow glaciers are called valley glaciers. They form when snow accumulates in a valley and slowly turns into ice, flowing downhill under the force of gravity. Valley glaciers are often found between mountains in regions like the Alps and the Andes.
Are there any threats in the Andes?
Melting glaciers, the species living in the mountain ranges,
Where is a glacier in Peru?
There are glaciers near Parque Nacional Huascaran by Huaraz, in the Andes northeast of Lima.
Which spanish speaking country can i find glaciers?
There are significant glaciers in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile and Argentina. All of these countries are on the slopes of the Andes.
