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cordillera

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cor·dil·le·ra  (kôrdl-yâr, kôr-dlr-)
n.
An extensive chain of mountains or mountain ranges, especially the principal mountain system of a continent.
[Spanish, from cordilla, diminutive of cuerda, cord, from Latin chorda; see cord.]
cordil·leran (-yârn) adj.
cordillera  (kôrdl-yâr)
A long and wide chain of mountains, especially the main mountain range of a large landmass. Cordilleras can include the valleys, basins, rivers, lakes, plains, and plateaus between parallel chains of a single mountain system, or they can consist solely of a string of connected mountain peaks.


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We ascend the lofty peaks of the Cordillera and we find an alpine species of bizcacha; we look to the waters, and we do not find the beaver or musk-rat, but the coypu and capybara, rodents of the American type.
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In a lofty valley of the Cordillera, near Mendoza, I found another spider with a singularly-formed web.
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Some occur among the Cordilleras of the Andes, where cities, and towns, and cultivated farms are to be seen eight thousand feet above the level of the sea.
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