Wet Andes
Subregion of the Andes
title: "Wet Andes" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["andes", "ecology-of-the-andes", "climate-of-argentina", "climate-of-chile", "climatic-and-glaciological-subregions-of-the-andes", "glaciers-of-chile"] description: "Subregion of the Andes" topic_path: "science/biology" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wet_Andes" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Subregion of the Andes ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox mountain range"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Wet Andes |
| other_name | Andes Ap Iwan |
| photo | Paso Puyehue.JPG |
| photo_caption | View of Cardenal Antonio Samoré Pass during winter, latitude 41°S |
| country | Chile, Argentina |
| parent | Andes |
| length_km | 2500 |
| highest | Domuyo |
| elevation_m | 4709 |
| :: |
| name = Wet Andes | other_name = Andes Ap Iwan | photo = Paso Puyehue.JPG | photo_caption = View of Cardenal Antonio Samoré Pass during winter, latitude 41°S | country = Chile, Argentina | parent = Andes | area_km2 = | border = | length_km = 2500 | length_orientation = | width_mi = | width_orientation = | highest = Domuyo | elevation_m = 4709 | geology = | period = | orogeny = thumb|200px|Map of the climatic regions of the Andes. The Wet Andes are shown in dark blue. The [[Dry Andes]] are shown in yellow and the [[Tropical Andes]] in green. The Wet Andes () is a climatic and glaciological subregion of the Andes. Together with the Dry Andes it is one of the two subregions of the Argentine and Chilean Andes.
Background
The Wet Andes runs from a latitude of 35°S to Cape Horn at 56°S. According to Luis Lliboutry the Wet Andes can be classified after the absence of penitentes. In Argentina well developed penitentes are found as south as on Lanín Volcano (40°S). Another difference is that the Wet Andes is largely devoid of rock glaciers. The glaciers of the Wet Andes have a far more stable line of equilibrium than those of the Dry Andes due to summer precipitations, low thermal oscillations and an overall high moisture.
References
References
- "Glaciers of the ''Dry Andes''". Louis Lliboutry, USGS.
- Corte, Arturo E.. (1976). "Rock glaciers". [[Biuletyn Peryglacjalny]].
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