A cordillera is a chain or network of mountain ranges, such as those in the west coast of the Americas. The term is borrowed from Spanish, where the word comes from cordilla, a diminutive of cuerda ('rope').

2024年12月3日 · Cordillera, (from old Spanish cordilla, “cord,” or “little rope”), a system of mountain ranges that often consist of a number of more or less parallel chains. Cordilleras are an extensive feature in the Americas and Eurasia.

2006年2月6日 · A cordillera is a major system of often parallel mountain ranges that includes the intervening plateaus, valleys and plains. The term is Spanish and dates from the early 18th century. It derives from the Old Spanish word cordilla, which was the diminutive form of cuerda (meaning “cord,” “string” or “rope”), from the Latin chorda.

The North American Cordillera covers an extensive area of mountain ranges, intermontane basins, and plateaus in Western and Northwestern Canada, Western United States, and Mexico, including much of the territory west of the Great Plains.

2024年6月28日 · What is a Cordillera? Derived from the Spanish word “cordilla,” meaning “little rope,” a cordillera refers to a vast system of interconnected mountain ranges. These geological formations are characterized by their complex structure, often resulting from folding, faulting, and volcanic activity.

The American Cordillera (/ ˌ k ɔːr d əl ˈ j ɛ r ə / KOR-dəl-YERR-ə) is a chain of mountain ranges (cordilleras), consisting of an almost continuous sequence of mountain ranges that form the western "backbone" of the Americas. [2] Aconcagua is the highest peak of the chain.

2018年5月8日 · cordillera A Spanish word meaning ‘little cord’. 1. A broad assemblage of mountain ranges belonging to orogenic belts (see orogeny) of different ages, which formed originally at destructive plate margins. 2. A system of mountain ranges, together with their related plateaux and intermontane basins.

The meaning of CORDILLERA is a system of mountain ranges often consisting of a number of more or less parallel chains.

2024年6月15日 · Stretching nearly 9000 miles, the American Cordillera is the longest chain of mountains in the world, and on its way from Alaska to Patagonia, it passes through some fifteen countries. It is the backbone of the continent, and its forests, minerals, and glaciers give life to hundreds of millions of people.

Western Cordillera, in western North America, a system of mountain ranges extending from the U.S. state of Alaska through northwestern Canada, the western United States, and into Mexico. The largest range is the Canadian Rockies; others include the Rocky Mountains, the Sierra Nevada, the Cascades,