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altiplano |
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altiplanoSparsely populated upland plateau of the Andes of South America, stretching from southern Peru and southwest Bolivia to northwestern Argentina. It lies between the eastern and western cordilleras (ranges) of the Andes, and has an elevation of 3,000-4,000 m/10,000-13,000 ft. |
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| As you swing round to the north-west of the existing
Barajas complex, the new terminal appears as a vigorous wiggle in the
bleached altiplano landscape, like a back-of-the-envelope sketch made
flesh. Modem life in the country's capital melts away to scenes
of native Aymarans guiding ox-drawn plows across small plots of
unyielding altiplano soil. Ginoux and his colleagues have identified 10 main sources of global
dust events including the Sahara Desert, the Sahel region, the Namibian
desert lands of southwestern Africa, the Indus Valley in India, the
Taklimakan Desert north of the Himalaya, the Gobi Desert in Mongolia,
the Lake Eyre basin in Australia, the Salton Sea in southeastern
California, the Altiplano stretching between Bolivia and Peru, and the
Patagonian region of the Andes Mountains. |
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