The Andes of southern Peru, geographical reconnaissance along the seventy-third meridian . Fig. 65—Regional diagram to show the physical relations in the coastal desertof Peru. For location, see Fig. 20. features of the coastal region. We have already described, inChapters V and VII, the character of the plateau region and itspeople. Therefore, we need say little in this place of the partof the Maritime Cordillera that is included in the figure. Itsunpopulated rim (see p. 54), the semi-nomadic herdsmen and shep-herds from Chuquibamba that scour its pastures in the moistvales about Coropuna, an
The Andes of southern Peru, geographical reconnaissance along the seventy-third meridian . Fig. 65—Regional diagram to show the physical relations in the coastal desertof Peru. For location, see Fig. 20. features of the coastal region. We have already described, inChapters V and VII, the character of the plateau region and itspeople. Therefore, we need say little in this place of the partof the Maritime Cordillera that is included in the figure. Itsunpopulated rim (see p. 54), the semi-nomadic herdsmen and shep-herds from Chuquibamba that scour its pastures in the moistvales about Coropuna, and the gnarled and stunted trees at 13,000feet (3,960 m.) which partly supply Chuquibamba with firewood,are its most important features. A few groups of huts just underthe snowline are inhabited for only a part of the year. The de-lightful valleys are too near and tempting. Even a plateauIndian responds to the call of a dry valley, however he may shunthe moist, warm valleys on the eastern border of the Cordillera. THE COASTAL DESERT 113. Fig. 66—Irrigated and irrigable land of the coastal belt of Peru. The map ex-hibits in a striking manner how small a part of the whole Pacific slope is available forcultivation. Pasture grows over all but the steepest and the highest portions of theCordillera to the right of (above) the dotted line. Another belt of pasture too nar-row to show on the map, grows in the fog belt on the seaward slopes of the CoastRange. Scale, 170 miles to the inch. 114 THE ANDES OF SOUTHERN PERU The greater part of the coastal region is occupied by the des-ert. Its outer border is the low, dry, gentle, eastward-facing slopeof the Coast Range. Its inner border is the foot of the steepdescent that marks the edge of the lava plateau. This descent isa fairly well-marked line, here and there broken by a venturesomelava flow that extends far out from the main plateau. Withinthese definite borders the desert extends continuously northwest-ward for hundreds of miles al
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