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The Andes as a climatic divide

Patagonia is located at the southernmost tip of the American continent. The Andes divide the country into a Chilean and an Argentinean part. The Patagonian Andes are an extreme climatic divide. Author: ZDF/Terra X/R.Marel/S.Hillmann/C.Gerisch/A.Kindler/SpiegelTV/Maximilian Mohr Translation and dub

Volcanism in the Andes

The volcanoes of the Andes are particularly explosive. The oceanic plate that dips below the continental one contains a lot of water. The water evaporates in the glowing magma. High pressure is created, which discharges at the Earth's surface in massive volcanoes. Source: https://www.zdf.de/dokumen