The American Cordillera (/ˌkɔːrdəlˈjɛrə/ KOR-dəl-YERR-ə) is a chain of mountain ranges (cordilleras), consisting of an almost continuous sequence of mountain...
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The North American Cordillera, sometimes also called the Western Cordillera of North America, the Western Cordillera, or the Pacific Cordillera, is the...
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applied to the various large mountain systems of the American Cordillera, such as the Andes of South America, and less frequently to other mountain ranges in...
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List of mountain ranges (redirect from List of mountain ranges of North America)
systems of mountain ranges – Cordillera Occidental, Cordillera Central and Cordillera Oriental. North American Cordillera – 6,400 km (4,000 mi) Alpine-Himalayan...
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dominated by the American Cordillera, a long chain of mountains that runs the length of the west coast. The flatter eastern side of the Americas is dominated...
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Ring of Fire (section North American Cordillera)
Volcanic Zone North Volcanic Zone Central America Volcanic Arc Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt North American Cordillera Cascade Volcanic Arc Aleutian Range Aleutian...
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Andes (redirect from Cordillera de los Andes)
(/ˈændiːz/ AN-deez), Andes Mountains or Andean Mountain Range (Spanish: Cordillera de los Andes; Quechua: Anti) are the longest continental mountain range...
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also the term for a large U.S. Level 1 ecoregion (EPA) of the North American Cordillera, in the Deserts and xeric shrublands biome (WWF). The continent's...
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the influence of karstification. The North American Cordillera extends up and down the coast of North America and roughly from the Great Plains westward...
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North American Rocky Mountains. It is the easternmost part of the Canadian Cordillera, which is the northern segment of the North American Cordillera, the...
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The Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR; Ilocano: Rehion/Deppaar Administratibo ti Kordiliera; Filipino: Rehiyong Pampangasiwaan ng Cordillera), also...
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Rocky Mountains (category Great Divide of North America)
Sandia–Manzano Mountain Range. Being the easternmost portion of the North American Cordillera, the Rockies are distinct from the tectonically younger Cascade Range...
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Mountain jet (category Geography of Central America)
winds blowing through gaps in the Central American cordillera. Air flow in the region forms the Intra-Americas Low-Level Jet, a westward flow about 1 km...
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the extensive cordillera system in Western and Northwestern Canada that constitutes the northern part of the North American Cordillera. The mountain ranges...
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Mexico. The Sierra Madre Oriental is part of the American Cordillera, a chain of mountain ranges (cordillera) that consists of an almost continuous sequence...
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Nevada is part of the American Cordillera, an almost continuous chain of mountain ranges that forms the western "backbone" of the Americas. The Sierra runs...
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Pacific Coast Ranges (category North American Cordillera)
the North American Cordillera (sometimes known as the Western Cordillera, or in Canada, as the Pacific Cordillera and/or the Canadian Cordillera), which...
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Cascade Range (category North American Cordillera)
American Cordillera, a nearly continuous chain of mountain ranges (cordillera) that form the western "backbone" of North, Central, and South America....
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Cordillera Central, Andes (disambiguation), several mountain ranges in South America Cordillera Blanca, Peru Cordillera Central, Bolivia Cordillera Central...
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Natural features of North America include the northern portion of the American Cordillera, represented by the geologically new Rocky Mountains in the west;...
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List of ophiolites (section North American Cordillera)
Rican ophiolite La Tetilla Ophiolite Complex, near Popayán, Colombian Cordillera Occidental (Andes) Famatinian Ophiolites, near Famatina in the Argentine...
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Sierra Madre Occidental (category North American Cordillera)
Sierra Madre Occidental is a major mountain range system of the North American Cordillera, that runs northwest–southeast through northwestern and western Mexico...
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The Arctic Cordillera is a terrestrial ecozone in northern Canada characterized by a vast, deeply dissected chain of mountain ranges extending along the...
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of a mountain building episode. Examples are found near the North American Cordillera, the Alps, the Pyrenees and the Carpathians. Flysch consists of repeated...
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Cordillera Mountains may refer to: American Cordillera, North and South America Arctic Cordillera, northeastern Canada Andes in South-America (Cordillera...
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separated from Cordillera de Tilarán by Balsa River and Platanar and Zarcero hills. The Cordillera Central is part of the American Cordillera, a chain of...
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Denali, the highest mountain in North America, is in the Alaska Range. The range is part of the American Cordillera. The Alaska Range is one of the higher...
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Divide (Northern Divide) Saint Lawrence River Divide Triple divide American Cordillera Continental Divide Trail Cromwell Dixon Great Divide Mountain Bike...
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the Cordilleran Ice Sheet, which nucleated in the northern North American Cordillera; the Innuitian ice sheet, which extended across the Canadian Arctic...
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Cordillera Occidental is Spanish for "Western mountain". It may refer to: Cordillera Occidental (Colombia) Cordillera Occidental (Ecuador) Cordillera...
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