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Definitions of cordillera in various dictionaries:
An extensive chain of mountains or mountain ranges, especially the principal mountain system of a continent.
CORDILLERA - A cordillera is an extensive chain of mountains or mountain ranges. The term is a borrowing from Spanish, in which it has the same meaning. The Spani...
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| An extensive chain of mountains or mountain ranges, especially the principal mountain system of a continent. |
| a system or group of parallel mountain ranges together with the intervening plateaux and other features, especially in the Andes or the Rockies. |
| A system or group of parallel mountain ranges together with the intervening plateaux and other features, especially in the Andes or the Rockies. |
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| Cordillera, PARAGUAY |
| Cordillera, Chiriqui, PANAMA |
| Cordillera, Piura, PERU |
| Cordillera, Antioquia, COLOMBIA |
| Cordillera, NEW MEXICO, UNITED STATES |
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A cordillera is an extensive chain of mountains or mountain ranges. The term is a borrowing from Spanish, in which it has the same meaning. The Spanish word originates from cordilla, a diminutive of "cuerda", or "rope". It is most commonly used in the field of physical geography.The term is particularly applied to the various ranges of the Andes of South America, and less frequently to other mountain ranges in the "ridge" which rims the Pacific Ocean. In Colombia and Venezuela the cordilleras are named according to their position: Cordillera Occidental, Central, and Oriental. Various local names identify the cordilleras in Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina. * Mountain ranges of this type have a complex structure, usually the result of folding and faulting accompanied by volcanic activity. In South America the ranges include numerous volcanic peaks. (Though not itself a volcano, Argentina's Mt. Aconcagua, at 22,834 feet (6,960 metres) high, is the highest point in the Wes |