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The Andes in western South America are an example of a landform that arises from the _____.

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Answer: of the oceanic and a continental plate.

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Answer:

The Andes in western South America are an example of a landform that arises from the clash between tectonic plates.

Step-by-step explanation:

The Andes mountain range occupies the western zone of South America. It occupies an approximate area of 3,370,794 km² that contours the coast of the Pacific Ocean and part of the Caribbean Sea along 7240 km, making it the longest mountain range on Earth. The Andes form part of the territories of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and part of Venezuela. Its average height is around 4000 meters and its highest point is Aconcagua, whose 6960 meters above sea level make this mountain the highest on the planet outside the Himalayas system.

It was formed at the end of the Mesozoic era, at the end of the Late Cretaceous, by the movement of the convergence of the Nazca plate beneath the South American Plate.

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