Cordilleras meaning

kôr'dĭl-yĕr'əz, -dē-yĕ'räs
The entire complex of mountain ranges in western North America, Mexico, Central America, and South America, extending from Alaska to Cape Horn.
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Mountain system of W North America, including all mountains between the E Rockies & the Pacific coast.
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Mountain system of W South America; Andes.
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Plural form of cordillera.
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Cordilleras Sentence Examples

  • The Jamaica sarsaparilla of trade is collected on the Cordilleras of Chiriqui, in Panama, where the plant yielding it grows at an elevation of 4000 to 8000 ft.

  • In Ecuador the depression between the Eastern and Western Cordilleras is almost entirely filled with modern lavas and agglomerates; in Colombia the corresponding Cauca depression is almost free from such deposits.

  • The department of Cajamarca lies between the Western and Central Cordilleras and extends from the frontier of Ecuador S.

  • Being, however, required to resume his power, and retain it until the independence of the country had been completely established, he reorganized his troops, and set out from Angostura, in order to cross the Cordilleras, effect a junction with General Santander, who commanded the republican force in New Granada, and bring their united forces into action against the common enemy.

  • above sea-level, between the western and central Cordilleras, and on the main road between Lima and Cuzco, 394 m.

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