Wet Andes
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| Wet Andes | |
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View of Cardenal Antonio Samoré Pass during winter, latitude 41°S
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| Highest point | |
| Peak | Domuyo |
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| Geography | |
| Country | Chile, Argentina |
| Parent range | Andes |
The Wet Andes (Spanish: Andes húmedos) is a climatic and glaciological subregion of the Andes. Together with the Dry Andes it is one of the two subregions of the Argentine and Chilean Andes. The Wet Andes runs from a latitude of 35°S to Cape Horn at 56°S. According to Luis Lliboutry the Wet Andes can be classified after the absence of penitentes. In Argentina well developed penitentes are found as south as on Lanín Volcano (40°S).[1] The glaciers of the Wet Andes have a far more stable line of equilibrium than those of the Dry Andes due to summer precipitations, low thermal oscillations and an overall high moisture.
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