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What is the Altiplano?

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What is the Altiplano?

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The Altiplano (Spanish for high plain), where the Andes are at their widest, is the most extensive area of high plateau on earth outside of Tibet. It is an area of inland drainage lying in the central Andes, occupying parts of Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, Peru and Ecuador

The term Altiplano is also sometimes used to identify the altitude zone itself 鈥?and the type of climate that prevails within it Source(s): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/altiplano...
http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-900...
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In Mexico it refers the center zone of the country, called like that bc it's altitude.
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