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Definition of cordillera in English: cordilleranoun ˌkɔːdɪˈljɛːrəˌkɔrdlˈ(j)ɛrə A system or group of parallel mountain ranges together with the intervening plateaux and other features, especially in the Andes or the Rockies. （尤指安第斯山脉和落基山脉的）雁列山脉 Example sentencesExamples - To the east the cordillera was scorched and spent, rubbled by decades of desperate agriculture.
- On various trips to the Blacks, Mitchell calculated several elevations that exceeded the height of New Hampshire's Mount Washington, then regarded as the highest of the Appalachian cordillera.
- It ranged along the cordillera from northern New Mexico to the Canadian border.
- Great mountain ranges known as cordilleras divide Spain into distinct natural regions.
- I still wanted to look at the Cordillera Occidental, the western cordillera, the other main chain of the Andes.
- In the western part, the Andean cordillera (system of mountain ranges) extends from north to south.
- The mighty Andes Mountains divide into three long ranges - called cordilleras - that run the length of the country.
- Numbers of natives, especially Tarahumara, moved into the deep recesses of the western cordillera of the Sierra Madre to escape the Spanish demands for labor.
- ‘Chacaltaya has split in two,’ scientist Edson Ramirez said as he led a visitor up toward a once-grand ice flow high in the thin air of the Bolivian cordillera.
- Two of them, the Rocky Mountains and Coastal Mountains, are both found in the west, while the arctic cordillera runs along the northeastern edge of the country.
- At the time of the Spanish conquest, the Andean condor's silhouette was a common sight along the entire Andes cordillera.
- To our left, Cuchillo displayed her perfectly formed profile while the rest of the cordillera's snow-covered peaks stretched into the distance.
- Orogenic activity in the Himalayan ranges reached its climax and the Andean cordilleras were given a major uplift, raising the land to about 4000m.
Synonyms mountain, hill, height, alp, aiguille, serac, puy, crag, tor, inselberg
OriginEarly 18th century: from Spanish, from cordilla, diminutive of cuerda 'cord', from Latin chorda (see cord). Definition of cordillera in US English: cordilleranounˌkôrdlˈ(y)erəˌkɔrdlˈ(j)ɛrə A system or group of parallel mountain ranges together with the intervening plateaus and other features, especially in the Andes or the Rockies. （尤指安第斯山脉和落基山脉的）雁列山脉 Example sentencesExamples - It ranged along the cordillera from northern New Mexico to the Canadian border.
- Two of them, the Rocky Mountains and Coastal Mountains, are both found in the west, while the arctic cordillera runs along the northeastern edge of the country.
- At the time of the Spanish conquest, the Andean condor's silhouette was a common sight along the entire Andes cordillera.
- Orogenic activity in the Himalayan ranges reached its climax and the Andean cordilleras were given a major uplift, raising the land to about 4000m.
- On various trips to the Blacks, Mitchell calculated several elevations that exceeded the height of New Hampshire's Mount Washington, then regarded as the highest of the Appalachian cordillera.
- To the east the cordillera was scorched and spent, rubbled by decades of desperate agriculture.
- I still wanted to look at the Cordillera Occidental, the western cordillera, the other main chain of the Andes.
- The mighty Andes Mountains divide into three long ranges - called cordilleras - that run the length of the country.
- Great mountain ranges known as cordilleras divide Spain into distinct natural regions.
- In the western part, the Andean cordillera (system of mountain ranges) extends from north to south.
- To our left, Cuchillo displayed her perfectly formed profile while the rest of the cordillera's snow-covered peaks stretched into the distance.
- Numbers of natives, especially Tarahumara, moved into the deep recesses of the western cordillera of the Sierra Madre to escape the Spanish demands for labor.
- ‘Chacaltaya has split in two,’ scientist Edson Ramirez said as he led a visitor up toward a once-grand ice flow high in the thin air of the Bolivian cordillera.
Synonyms mountain, hill, height, alp, aiguille, serac, puy, crag, tor, inselberg
OriginEarly 18th century: from Spanish, from cordilla, diminutive of cuerda ‘cord’, from Latin chorda (see cord). |