Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A discontinuous series of mountain ranges in the northern Andes between the Cordillera Occidental and the Cordillera Oriental.
- A mountain range of central Dominican Republic.
- A mountain range of northern Luzon, Philippines.
- A mountain range of south-central Puerto Rico.
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Lima, the world's second-largest desert city, is almost totally dependent on Andean rivers from the Cordillera Central, where some mountains have lost more than 60 percent of their glaciers in the last 40 years.
Glacier melt in Peru becomes more than a climate issue Heather Somerville 2011
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Lima, the world's second-largest desert city, is almost totally dependent on Andean rivers from the Cordillera Central, where some mountains have lost more than 60 percent of their glaciers in the last 40 years.
Glacier melt in Peru becomes more than a climate issue Heather Somerville 2011
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Because of the archipelago-like distribution of these montane patches along the Cordillera Central, beta-diversity is high between mountains and ranges, as well as along an elevational gradient.
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These montane forests are restricted to the Luquillo Mountains and the higher peaks of the Cordillera Central, the wettest regions in Puerto Rico.
Puerto Rico 2009
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These montane forests are restricted to the Luquillo Mountains and the higher peaks of the Cordillera Central, the wettest regions in Puerto Rico.
Puerto Rico 2009
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On the Nicoya Peninsula and along the slopes of the Cordillera Central, small aggregates of "very humid tropical forest" life zones were lumped for broader scale coverage.
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The fourth principal mountain range of the Republic, the Neiba Range, is sometimes classed as a part of the Cordillera Central.
Santo Domingo A Country with a Future Otto Schoenrich
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The Cordillera Central is peculiar in its numerous branches which are often more intricate in their ramifications and comprise loftier peaks than the parent range.
Santo Domingo A Country with a Future Otto Schoenrich
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Diocese of Pasto, along the Rivers Patía and Juanambú, and on the east, the Diocese of Garzón, along the Cordillera Central.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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Bontoc culture extends to the watershed of the Cordillera Central, which turns westward the various affluents of the Rio del Abra.
The Bontoc Igorot Albert Ernest Jenks 1911
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