Chile has a significant number of wetlands and glaciers that, together, constitute an invaluable asset both in quantity and in the quality of its waters.
The Andes Mountain Range is one of the largest mountain systems in the world, it is a South American mountain range that runs almost parallel to the Pacific coast, from Cape Horn to the vicinity of Panama. This mountain range is 7,240 km long, 241 km wide and with an average of 3,660 m in altitude.
In Chile, it begins in the sector called the “altiplano” (high plateaus) and reaches the Chilean Antarctica, going through the entire Chilean territory.
