- This vast range stretches 5,000 miles from the Equator down to the Antarctic.
这座巨大的山脉 从赤道向南极绵亘5000英里
- It formed as the floor of the Pacific Ocean
它的形成是由于太平洋板块
- slid beneath the South American continent, buckling its edge.
俯冲到南美洲板块之下 造成它的边缘隆起
- At the southern end stand the mountains of Patagonia.
最南端矗立着巴塔哥尼亚山脉
- It's high summer,
现在是盛夏时节
- but the Andes have the most unstable mountain weather on the planet
可是安第斯山的天气 是全球山区气候中最不稳定的
- and storms can erupt without warning.
暴风雪会在毫无征兆的情况下来袭
来自《行星地球 第一季 第二集 Planet Earth S01E02 山地》第 73 行