Altiplano

American  

[al-tuh-plah-noh, ahl-tee-plah-naw] / ˌæl təˈplɑ noʊ, ˌɑl tiˈplɑ nɔ /

noun

plural

altiplanos

1. a plateau region in South America, situated in the Andes of Argentina, Bolivia, and Peru.

2. Geology. altiplano, an elevated terrace or plateau sculptured by periglacial geomorphic processes.

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Altiplano British  

/ altiˈplano /

noun

1. a plateau of the Andes, covering two thirds of Bolivia and extending into S Peru: contains Lake Titicaca. Height: 3000 m (10 000 ft) to 3900 m (13 000 ft)

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altiplano Scientific  

/ äl′tĭ-plä′nō /

1. A high mountain plateau. The most well-known altiplano extends from Lake Titicaca, in southern Peru, to Lake Poopo in Bolivia, covering a distance of 966 km (600 mi). Its average altitude is 3,658 m (12,000 ft).

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Etymology

Origin of Altiplano

First recorded in 1910–15; from Spanish: literally, “high plateau,” equivalent to alti- alti- + plano plain ¹

Example Sentences

The military flights to the Altiplano prison required stopovers to pick up men from across Mexico.

From The Wall Street Journal

Instead, they were shoved into armored personnel carriers and escorted to a military plane that flew them to the Altiplano maximum-security prison, about 50 miles west of Mexico City.

From The Wall Street Journal

The government consulted studies to identify the hours of lightest traffic from Altiplano to an airstrip near Mexico City, where the men would board flights to the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal

Officials closely monitored Altiplano security-camera surveillance.

From The Wall Street Journal

US immigration officials handed Cárdenas over to Mexican police at the Otay border crossing, where he was quickly re-arrested and taken to El Altiplano maximum security jail in Mexico state.

From BBC