The Andes of southern Peru, geographical reconnaissance along the seventy-third meridian . _ > :..z*L *.g—i H Wi^ Fig. Fig. 45. Fig. 44—The snow-capped Cordillera Vilcapampa north of Yucay and the uppercanyon of the Urubamba from the wheat fields near Chinchero. In the foregroundis one of the well-graded mature slopes of Fig. 123. The crests of the mountains liealong the axis of a granite intrusion. The extent of the snowfields is extraordinaryin view of the low latitude, 13° S. Fig. 45—Rounded slopes due to glacial action at Pampaconas in the PampaconasValley near Vilcaba

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The Andes of southern Peru, geographical reconnaissance along the seventy-third meridian . _ > :..z*L *.g—i H Wi^ Fig. Fig. 45. Fig. 44—The snow-capped Cordillera Vilcapampa north of Yucay and the uppercanyon of the Urubamba from the wheat fields near Chinchero. In the foregroundis one of the well-graded mature slopes of Fig. 123. The crests of the mountains liealong the axis of a granite intrusion. The extent of the snowfields is extraordinaryin view of the low latitude, 13° S. Fig. 45—Rounded slopes due to glacial action at Pampaconas in the PampaconasValley near Vilcabamba. A heavy tropical forest extends up the Pampaconas Valleyto the hill slopes in the background. Its upper limit of growth is about 10,000 feet(3,050 m.). The camera is pointed slightly downhill.

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