A cordillera is an extensive chain of mountains or mountain ranges, especially the principal mountain system of a continent or large island. A mountain is a Landform that extends above the surrounding Terrain in a limited area with a peak A mountain range is a chain of Mountains bordered by highlands or separated from other mountains by passes or valleys A continent is one of several large Landmasses on Earth. They are generally identified by Convention rather than any strict criteria with seven regions An island (ˈaɪlənd or isle (/ˈaɪl/ is any piece of land that is completely surrounded by water in two dimensions above high tide and isolated from other significant It comes from the Spanish word cordilla, which is a diminutive of cuerda, or "cord".

Notable cordilleras

• Arctic Cordillera, the mountain ranges forming the northeastern edge of North America
• American cordillera, the mountain ranges forming the western backbone of North America and South America
• Annamese Cordillera (Annamite Range), Laos and eastern Vietnam
• Baetic Cordillera, Spain
• Central Cordillera (New Guinea Highlands)
• Cordillera Central, several mountain ranges
• Cordillera Occidental, Andes, Colombia and Ecuador
• Cordillera Occidental, Peru
• Cordillera Oriental, several mountain ranges
• Pacific Cordillera, an alternate name for the Pacific Coast Ranges in North America
• Mexican Cordillera, consisting of the Juarez Segment, the Huayacocotla Segment, the Victoria Segment, and the Nuevoleones Cordillera
• Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR), encompassing the Cordillera Central mountains of the Philippines
• Cordillera de los Andes, South America
• Cordillera de la Costa (Chilean Coast Range)
• Cordillera de la Costa (Venezuelan Coastal Range)
• Cordillera de Mérida, Venezuela

Other uses

• Cordillera Department, a district of Paraguay
• Cordillera, Colorado, an unincorporated community in the United States
• Cordillera, a fictional South American country in the novel High Citadel by Desmond Bagley

The Arctic Cordillera, sometimes called the Arctic Rockies, are a vast deeply dissected mountain system running along the northeastern shore of North America The American cordillera consists of an essentially continuous sequence of Mountain ranges that form the western "backbone" of North America, Central The Annamite Range is a mountain range of eastern Indochina, which extends approximately 1100 km (700 miles through Laos, Vietnam, and a small area in The Baetic Cordillera is a mountain system streching from Morocco, through Gibraltar and along the southern and eastern parts of Spain. The New Guinea Highlands, also known as the Central Range or Central Cordillera, are a chain of Mountain ranges and intermountain Valleys on the The Pacific Coast Ranges are the series of Mountain ranges that stretch along the west coast of North America from Alaska to northern and central Mexico The Pacific Coast Ranges are the series of Mountain ranges that stretch along the west coast of North America from Alaska to northern and central Mexico The Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR, Philippines ' only land-locked region consists of the provinces of Abra, Benguet, The Andes form the world's longest exposed Mountain range. They lie as a continuous chain of highland along the western coast of South America. The Chilean Coast Range (Cordillera de la Costa is a mountain range that runs southward parallel with the Andean Mountains, from the Morro de Arica to the Taitao The Venezuelan Coastal Range ( Spanish Cordillera de la Costa) is a Mountain range that runs along the central and eastern portions of Venezuela The Cordillera de Mérida is a series of Mountain ranges or massif in northwestern Venezuela. Districts The department is divided in 20 districts Altos Arroyos y Esteros Atyrá Caacupé Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay ( Spanish: República del Paraguay; Guaraní: Tetã Paraguái) is one of the only Cordillera is an unincorporated community in Eagle County, Colorado, United States. Desmond Bagley ( 29 October 1923 Kendal - 12 April 1983 Southampton) was a UK journalist and novelist principally

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