Cordillera

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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".

[edit] Notable cordilleras

• Arctic Cordillera, the mountain ranges forming the north-eastern 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
• several mountain ranges Cordillera Central
• Cordillera Occidental Colombia,
• several mountain ranges Cordillera Oriental
• Cordillera Occidental Ecuador,
• Cordillera Occidental Peru,
• Cordillera Central Puerto Rico
• Cordillera Department, Paraguay
• Cordillera Province, Bolivia
• Cordillera Province, Chile
• 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