The longest mountain range on land is the Andes in South America. The Andes run for over 7,000km. Other mountains (usually those that stand on their own) are created by ancient volcanoes.

The Amazon River is the longest in South America, and the second longest river on Earth after the Nile in Africa. The source (start) of the Amazon River is in the Andes Mountain range in Peru.

In 2007, while searching for signs of ancient human inhabitants of the Andes mountain range, more than 4,300 meters ... in excavations at one of the oldest archaeological sites in South America.

The Andes mountain range, located in South America, is a geological marvel that has existed for roughly 50 million years. Formed by the collision of the South American and Pacific tectonic plates ...

The country, dubbed "The Ribbon Country" because of its unique shape, stretches for a whopping 2,600 miles along the western coast and has an average width of just 110 miles. Chile's slenderness is ...