The Andes Mountains have affected the settlement in South America by blocking straight and easy access of the population to the western coast forcing them to settle on the northern and the eastern coasts.
<u>Explanation:</u>
The Andes Mountains stretch along the entire northern edge of the continent of South America and run roughly parallel to the coast.
This mountain range has left the western edge of the continent not so suitable for settlement coercing the population to settle elsewhere.
The Andes are a barrier to movement in interior, which basically means that more settlement in South America has occurred along the eastern and northern coasts.
<span>Mercury's distance at inferior conjunction is 0.61 AU
Looking at a table of orbits, Mercury has an orbital distance of 0.39 AU. So the inferior conjunction will be:
1 AU - 0.39 AU = 0.61 AU</span>
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