The Andes of southern Peru . Fig. Pig. 138. Fig. 137—Looking up a spurless flat-floored glacial trougli near the Chucuito passin the Cordillera Vilcapampa from 14,200 feet (4,330 m.). Note the looped terminaland lateral moraines on the steep valley wall on the left. A stone fence from wall towall serves to inclose the flock of the mountain shepherd. Fig. 138—Tei-minal moraine in the glaciated Choquetira Valley below people who live here have an abundance of stones for building corrals and stonehouses. The upper edge of the timber belt (cold timber line) is visible beyond t
The Andes of southern Peru . Fig. Pig. 138. Fig. 137—Looking up a spurless flat-floored glacial trougli near the Chucuito passin the Cordillera Vilcapampa from 14,200 feet (4,330 m.). Note the looped terminaland lateral moraines on the steep valley wall on the left. A stone fence from wall towall serves to inclose the flock of the mountain shepherd. Fig. 138—Tei-minal moraine in the glaciated Choquetira Valley below people who live here have an abundance of stones for building corrals and stonehouses. The upper edge of the timber belt (cold timber line) is visible beyond thehouses. Elevation 12,100 feet (3,690 m.). EASTERN ANDES: CORDILLERA VILCAPAMPA 209 glaciers retreat and at last disappear. There would be evidencesof glaciation all a,bout the ruins of the former loftier mountain,but there would be no living glaciers. And yet the climate mightremain the same throughout. It is this topographic hypothesis that Eeiss and Stiibelaccept for the Ecuadorean volcanoes. Moreover, the volcanoes ofEcuador a
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