CORDILLERA

A 'cordillera' is an extensive chain of mountains or mountain ranges, especially the principal mountain system of a continent or large island. It comes from the Spanish word ''cordilla'', which is a diminutive of ''cuerda'', or "cord".

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Notable cordilleras

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, Laos and eastern Vietnam

★ Baetic Cordillera, Spain

★ Central Cordillera, New Guinea

★ 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 Range in North America

★ Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR), encompassing the Cordillera Central mountains of the Philippines

★ Cordillera de los Andes, South America

★ Cordillera de la Costa, Chile

★ Cordillera de la Costa, Venezuela

★ Cordillera de Mérida, Venezuela

★ Cordillera, Colorado, an unincorporated community in the United States

★ Cordillera, a fictional South American country in the novel ''High Citadel'' by Desmond Bagley