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प्रश्न
How are the Eastern Highlands different from the Andes Mountains?
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उत्तर
The Eastern highlands are much lower in height than the Andes. The Andes are young fold mountains having active volcanic erruptions whereas the Eastern highlands are composed of old hard rocks and have Patagonian Desert which is a cold desert.
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