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Cordillera Real

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A range of the Andes in the Cordillera Oriental of western Bolivia, rising to 6,439 m (21,125 ft) at Illimani.

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Examples

  • At an altitude of almost 13,000 feet, Lake Titicaca's luminous blue surface reflects the 20,000-foot peaks of the majestic Cordillera Real.

    Andrew Harper's Notebook Andrew Harper 2010

  • The Cordillera Real contains various mountain chains, among which are the Cordillera de Apolobamba, Cordillera de Muñecas, Cordillera de La Paz, and Cordillera de Tres Cruces.

    Central Andean wet puna 2007

  • They were on the Cordillera Real, easternmost of the monumental ridges that form the Andes.

    Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine 2004

  • They were on the Cordillera Real, easternmost of the monumental ridges that form the Andes.

    Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine 2004

  • These are found in granitic rocks forming the core of the high Cordillera Real and in the adjacent intruded sediments, in narrow fissure veins and broader brecciated zones containing the typical ore and gangue minerals described above, and also, in many cases, silver-bearing sulphides (chiefly tetrahedrite).

    The Economic Aspect of Geology 1915

  • Recent studies by a young Bolivian researcher, Alvaro Soruco, suggest that since 1975 glaciers in Bolivia's Cordillera Real have lost half their volume.

    BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition 2010

  • Climbing the Cordillera Real (or the Royal Range) puts hikers in a unique location, overseeing La Paz, and right above the massive Altiplano, where the Andes are at their widest.

    News and Views from Cheapflights.com Andrea Mooney 2010

  • You climb up to the village, located at the top of the island, where you can admire the splendid landscape of Titicaca Lake and the Cordillera Real in Bolivia.

    TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010

  • Bolivia's glaciated mountains are almost all in the Cordillera Real, or Royal Range, which soars from the northwest to southeast of La Paz and its adjacent slum city, El Alto, separating the arid, windswept expanse of the altiplano (high plain) from the dripping verdure of the Amazon.

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2009

  • Bolivia's glaciated mountains are almost all in the Cordillera Real, or Royal Range, which soars from the northwest to southeast of La Paz and its adjacent slum city, El Alto, separating the arid, windswept expanse of the altiplano (high plain) from the dripping verdure of the Amazon.

    YubaNet.com 2009

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