The Andean Plateau in South America rises, on average, more than 4,000 meters above sea level, formed by orogenic uplift that began more than 20 million years ago. Orogeny occurs at convergent ...

One of 18 Walipinis run by the Gemio family in El Alto, in the Bolivian highlands The Andean Plateau or the Altiplano, is one of the largest and highest plateaus in the world. In order to protect ...

Most of the world's quinoa is grown on the altiplano, a vast, cold, windswept, and barren 14,000-foot Andean plateau spanning parts of Peru and Bolivia. Quinoa is one of the few things that grow ...