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25 relations: Agriculture in Chile, Aguas Calientes caldera, Calabozos, Cay (volcano), Cerro Azul (Chile volcano), Chilean Coast Range, Chilean cuisine, Chuquicamata, Climate of Chile, Fold and thrust belt, Geography of Chile, Henning Illies, Index of Chile-related articles, Irruputuncu, Juan Brüggen, List of earthquakes in 2007, Mining in Chile, Natural regions of Chile, Outline of Chile, Regional geology, Volcanology of Chile, Wildlife of Chile, 1906 Valparaíso earthquake, 1960 Valdivia earthquake, 2010 Chile earthquake.
Agriculture in Chile
Agriculture in Chile encompasses a wide range of different activities due to its particular geography, climate, geology and human factors.
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Aguas Calientes caldera
Aguas Calientes is a major Quaternary caldera in Salta Province, Argentina.
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Calabozos
Calabozos is a Holocene caldera in central Chile's Maule Region (7th Region).
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Cay (volcano)
Cay is a stratovolcano in the South Volcanic Zone of the Andes in Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo Region, Chile.
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Cerro Azul (Chile volcano)
Cerro Azul (blue hill in Spanish), sometimes referred to as Quizapu, is an active stratovolcano in the Maule Region of central Chile, immediately south of Descabezado Grande.
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Chilean Coast Range
The Chilean Coastal Range (Cordillera de la Costa) is a mountain range that runs from north to south along the Pacific coast of South America parallel to the Andean Mountains, extending from Morro de Arica in the north to Taitao Peninsula, where it ends at the Chile Triple Junction, in the south.
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Chilean cuisine
Chilean gastronomy stems mainly from the combination of traditional Spanish cuisine, Chilean Indigenous Mapuche culture and local ingredients, with later important influences from other European cuisines, particularly from Germany, Italy and France.
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Chuquicamata
Chuquicamata, or "Chuqui" as it is more familiarly known, is by excavated volume the largest open pit copper mine in the world, located in the north of Chile, just outside Calama at above sea level, northeast of Antofagasta and north of the capital, Santiago.
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Climate of Chile
The climate of Chile comprises a wide range of weather conditions across a large geographic scale, extending across 38 degrees in latitude, making generalizations difficult.
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Fold and thrust belt
A fold and thrust belt is a series of mountainous foothills adjacent to an orogenic belt, which forms due to contractional tectonics.
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Geography of Chile
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Henning Illies
Jürgen Henning Illies (14 March 1924 – 2 August 1982) was a German geologist, an expert in taphrogenesis (i.e. rift formation).
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Index of Chile-related articles
The following is an alphabetical list of articles related to the Republic of Chile.
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Irruputuncu
Irruputuncu is a volcano in the commune of Pica, Tamarugal Province, Tarapacá Region, Chile, as well as San Pedro de Quemes Municipality, Nor Lípez Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia.
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Juan Brüggen
Johannes Brüggen Messtorff better known by his hispanized name Juan Brüggen (Lübeck, Germany, April 25, 1887 – March 7, 1953, Santiago de Chile) was a German-Chilean geologist.
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List of earthquakes in 2007
Earthquakes in 2007 resulted in about 712 fatalities.
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Mining in Chile
The mining sector in Chile is one of the pillars of Chilean economy and copper exports alone stands for more than one third of government income.
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Natural regions of Chile
Because Chile extends from a point about 625 kilometers north of the Tropic of Capricorn to a point hardly more than 1,400 kilometers north of the Antarctic Circle, within its territory can be found a broad selection of the Earth's climates.
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Outline of Chile
188px An enlargeable relief map of the Republic of Chile The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Chile: Chile – country in South America occupying a long, narrow strip of land between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west.
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Regional geology
Regional geology is the geological study of large-scale regions.
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Volcanology of Chile
Volcanology of Chile studies a continuous volcanic process that has a strong influence on Chilean landscape, geology, economy and society.
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Wildlife of Chile
The wildlife of Chile encompasses a diverse range of animals and plants, a condition is attributed to the country's slender and elongated shape, which spans a wide range of latitude, and also its altitude, ranging from the windswept coastline of the Pacific coast on the west to northern Andes to the sub-Antarctic, high Andes mountains in the east.
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1906 Valparaíso earthquake
The 1906 Valparaíso earthquake hit Valparaíso, Chile, on August 16 at 19:55 local time.
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1960 Valdivia earthquake
The 1960 Valdivia earthquake (Terremoto de Valdivia) or Great Chilean earthquake (Gran terremoto de Chile) of 22 May is the most powerful earthquake ever recorded.
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2010 Chile earthquake
The 2010 Chile earthquake (Terremoto del 27F) occurred off the coast of central Chile on Saturday, 27 February at 03:34 local time (06:34 UTC), having a magnitude of 8.8 on the moment magnitude scale, with intense shaking lasting for about three minutes.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geology_of_Chile
