Cordillera Central (Bolivia)
| Cordillera Central | ||
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 City of Potosí with Cerro Rico |
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| Highest peak | Illimani ( 6438 m ) | |
| location | Bolivia | |
| part of | To the | |
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| Coordinates | 17 ° S , 68 ° W | |
The Cordillera Central is a high mountain range in the eastern Andean highlands of Bolivia .
location
The Cordillera Central ("central mountain range") extends in central Bolivia over 1,200 km in a north-south direction, from Chaupi Orco in the north to Cerro Zapaleri in the south on the border with Chile and Argentina. It separates the Amazon lowlands in the east from the Altiplano plateau in the west and is rich in natural resources. It is divided into the Cordillera Septentrional in the north, the Cordillera Central in the middle and the Cordillera Meridional in the south.
Cordillera Septentrional
The Cordillera Septentrional (Northern Cordillera) (also: Cordillea Real) extends from the Peruvian border north of Lake Titicaca to Oruro on the Uru-Uru Lake :
- Cordillera Apolobamba
- Cordillera Real (Bolivia) (also Cordillera de la Paz )
- Cordillera Muñecas
- Cordillera Quimsa Cruz
- Serranía de Sicasica
The Cordillera Septentrional is often assigned to the Cordillera Oriental rather than the Cordillera Central.
Cordillera Central
The Cordillera Central in the narrower sense comprises two parallel mountain systems between Oruro and Potosí :
Cordillera Meridional
The Cordillera Meridional closes the Altiplano in the south and leads the Cordillera Central mountain range to the Cordillera Occidental in the west :
Valley regions
Two characteristic valley regions can be distinguished within the Cordillera Real:
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ La cadena hercinica en la parte septentrional de la cordillera oriental de los andes bolivianos 1971 ( Spanish )
- ↑ Apolobamba by Mesili ( Memento of the original from July 21, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Königskordillere
- ↑ Report of the University Colle London ( English )
- ↑ Atlas de Salud del Departamento de La Paz, 2006 - Aspectos Geográficos ( Memento of the original from November 19, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ( spanish )
- ↑ Definición de Azanaques, Cordillera de los. Retrieved March 13, 2014 (Spanish).
- ↑ Cordillera de los Frailes Overview ( English )
- ↑ Cordillera Real u Oriental ( Spanish )
- ↑ David Yetman "Sierra de Lípez", (June 2002)
