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. 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). 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 ocillations and an overall high
moisture.
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