Definition of ALTIPLANOS

Examples of altiplano in a Sentence

a cold wind from the Andes swept across the altiplano

Recent Examples on the Web The terminal at El Alto International Airport may not have the best design or the most punctilious construction standards, but in the freezing predawn of this high plateau—the Andean altiplano—one could weep with gratitude that it is heated. — Alma Guillermoprieto, The New York Review of Books, 3 Dec. 2020 The terminal at El Alto International Airport may not have the best design or the most punctilious construction standards, but in the freezing predawn of this high plateau—the Andean altiplano—one could weep with gratitude that it is heated. — Alma Guillermoprieto, The New York Review of Books, 3 Dec. 2020 The terminal at El Alto International Airport may not have the best design or the most punctilious construction standards, but in the freezing predawn of this high plateau—the Andean altiplano—one could weep with gratitude that it is heated. — Alma Guillermoprieto, The New York Review of Books, 5 Nov. 2020 The Bolivian capital sits in a yawning crater in the Andean altiplano, more than twelve thousand feet above sea level. — Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2020 La Paz, a city of more than 1 million people, lies at the bottom of a deep canyon in the Andean altiplano, or plateau. — Stefano Pozzebon, CNN, 22 Nov. 2019 The city got its start in the early 20th century when migrants began arriving from the altiplano, the Andean highlands of western Bolivia. — The Economist, 19 Sep. 2019 The altiplano of the Puna Catamarqueña feels like the world stretching its limbs after a long confinement. — Stanley Stewart, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Aug. 2019

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