The Wet Andes () is a climatic and glaciology subregion of the Andes. Together with the Dry Andes it is one of the two subregions of the Argentina and Andes.
Background
The Wet Andes runs from a latitude of 35°S to
Cape Horn at 56°S. According to
Luis Lliboutry the Wet Andes can be classified after the absence of penitentes. In Argentina well developed penitentes are found as south as on Lanín Volcano (40°S).
Another difference is that the Wet Andes is largely devoid of
.
The
of the Wet Andes have a far more stable line of equilibrium than those of the Dry Andes due to summer precipitations, low thermal oscillations and an overall high moisture.
