Cordillera
[kɔ:di'ljeәrә]
Definition
(n.) A mountain ridge or chain.
Typist: Oliver
Definition
n. a name applied in America to a chain of mountains as the Andes and Rocky Mountains.
Checked by Laurie
Examples
- Along this whole space of the Cordillera true glaciers do not now exist even at much more considerable heights. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- On the Silla of Caraccas the illustrious Humboldt long ago found species belonging to genera characteristic of the Cordillera. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- In the Cordillera of South America, nearly under the equator, glaciers once extended far below their present level. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Great as is the force at work, ages are required to produce a range of mountains like the Cordilleras; moreover, progress is not uniform and subsid ence may alternate with elevation. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- From this point he set out on foot to explore the Cauca Valley and the Cordilleras. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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