Andean
of or like the .
contemporary examples
at least 50,000 families in the andean highlands rely on herding alpaca for income and to sustain themselves.
put down that cashmere. there’s a new luxury wool in town ann binlot december 1, 2013
soon enough, i felt my own guts rebelling and stepped out into the crystalline andean night.
spirit tripping with colombian shamans chris allbritton august 23, 2014
his plea for a haven in a small, poor andean nation may well be his emblematic endgame.
julian -ssange’s asylum gamble: end of the wikileaks saga? mac margolis july 4, 2012
but more than rogue diplomacy was on display in the andean escape.
escape from bolivia mac margolis september 1, 2013
look for the andean strongman to double down on the next campaign.
hugo chávez wins reelection and looks to the future mac margolis october 13, 2012
historical examples
the famous “nitrates” of chile are obtained2 in the fiercest part of the andean desert.
wealth of the world’s waste places and oceania
jewett castello gilson
all the andean people worshiped some object as an ancestral deity.
the prehistoric world e. a. allen
the condor, which inhabits the higher cordilleras, is peculiar to the whole andean region, and is the largest of the raptores.
encyclopaedia britannica, 11th edition, volume 6, slice 6 various
not all the deep andean valleys lie on or near the eastern border.
the andes of southern peru isaiah bowman
the plains and mountains of the andean land are the haunts of the jaguar, puma, wild cat, and various breeds of wild deer.
the amazing argentine john foster fraser
adjective
of, relating to, or resembling the andes
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