Cordilleras
noun
a mountain system in western South America: the Andes and its component ranges.
Cordilleran
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a word derived from
Cordilleras.
cordilleran
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a word derived from
cordillera.
cordilleranouna chain of mountains, usually the principal mountain system or mountain axis of a large landmass.
Example Sentences
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Some research suggests that each episode was preceded by ice discharge in the Pacific Ocean from the smaller Cordilleran Ice Sheet.
From Science Daily ● May 30, 2024
The ice-free corridor between the Laurentide and Cordilleran glaciers did not open until sometime after 14,000 years ago.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 20, 2021
Porter, S. C. & Swanson, T. W. Radiocarbon age constraints on rates of advance and retreat of the Puget Lobe of the Cordilleran Ice Sheet during the last glaciation.
From Nature ● Feb. 4, 2018
This was part of the Cordilleran Ice Sheet.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
Then came the discovery of the precious metals, and thousands of gold-seekers crossed the plains, and spread out over the mountains of the Cordilleran region.
From The Western United States A Geographical Reader by Harold W. (Harold Wellman) Fairbanks
