Encased by the lofty peaks of Ecuador's Southern Andes, a sprawl of rust-toned roofs ... from mist-shrouded cloud forests, alpine lakes, mountain trails, and Incan ruins, adventure-loving ...

The Andes is a mountain range of surprise and wonder. A salt flat lizard surveys the scene on the high altitude altiplane of nothern Chile An elderly villager crosses the Q'eswachaka rope bridge ...

Accelerated soil erosion is a common and environmentally destructive consequence of development, especially in mountain regions ... previous soil erosion research projects in the Ecuadorian Andes ...

Sandwiched between the Andes mountains with Chilean Patagonia to the west and Atlantic Patagonia to the east, the Lake District contains breathtaking vistas from nearly every angle. San Carlos de ...