Andes Cordillera, the longest continuous mountain range on earth
The Andes Cordillera is an enormous area. Containing a wide range of mammals including the vicuna, Guanaco, Llama and the Alpaca. Some other native animals include the Yellow-tailed woolly monkey, Chinchilla, Taruca, Huemul, South American fox, and the mountain Tapir. Currently, only 23% of it is protected, so this is a wilderness area where visits are important to encourage the local governments to do more to protect the area. The Andes Mountains line the western edge of the South American continent. Running from Venezuela all the way along Chile, to the southern tip of South America, crossing through Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia.
Below is a video from one of the protected areas in this mountain range. There are plenty more.
Blog posts that mention the Andes
News in brief – Wall on Denmark border, Cleanup of Tesso Nillo, Great Pacific Garbage patch, Columbia highway, Leopards to control Rabies
- Tim
- March 26, 2018
Wall on the border of Denmark Denmark is to build a wall/fence along its border with Germany, to stop boar from Germany crossing over as these animals carry an infection called African Swine fever. This is highly contagious and while no cases have been found in Denmark, there is concern that it could threaten the …...