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Altiplano
[ al-tuh-plah-noh; Spanish ahl-tee-plah-naw ]
noun
- a plateau region in South America, situated in the Andes of Argentina, Bolivia, and Peru.
- altiplano, Geology. an elevated terrace or plateau sculptured by periglacial geomorphic processes.
Altiplano
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noun
- a plateau of the Andes, covering two thirds of Bolivia and extending into S Peru: contains Lake Titicaca. Height: 3000 m (10Â 000 ft) to 3900 m (13Â 000 ft)
altiplano
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- A high mountain plateau. The most well-known altiplano extends from Lake Titicaca, in southern Peru, to Lake Poopo in Bolivia, covering a distance of 966 km (600 mi). Its average altitude is 3,658 m (12,000 ft).
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of Altiplano1
Example Sentences
US immigration officials handed Cárdenas over to Mexican police at the Otay border crossing, where he was quickly re-arrested and taken to El Altiplano maximum security jail in Mexico state.
That was followed almost immediately by Piaget, in its 150th anniversary year, issuing what it identified as the world’s thinnest tourbillon: the Altiplano Ultimate Concept Tourbillon, which at two millimeters all but sucks the third dimension out of the whirring anti-gravitational tourbillon device so loved by elite watchmakers.
The researchers started their demonstration with water samples from five high-altitude Andean lakes more than 2.3 miles above sea level in the Chilean Altiplano.
A 2019 study found that superbolts are concentrated in three specific regions around the world—the North Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea and the Altiplano in South America—and tend to peak from November to February.
Efraim’s research stemmed from a 2019 study, which showed that superbolts tend to cluster in certain parts of the world: the Mediterranean Sea, the Northeast Atlantic Ocean, and one of the tallest plateaus on Earth, the Altiplano in Bolivia and Peru.
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