Cordillera Oriental (Bolivia)
| Cordillera Oriental | ||
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| location | Bolivia | |
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| Coordinates | 17 ° S , 66 ° W | |
The Cordillera Oriental ( German "eastern mountain range" ) is a high mountain range in the eastern Andean highlands of Bolivia .
geography
The Cordillera Oriental in the broader sense extends in central Bolivia over 1,200 km in a north-south direction, from the Cordillera Apolobamba in the north to the Cordillera of Caiza and Capirenda in the south.
The highest peaks of this extensive mountain range are in the northern part, where the peaks in the Cordillera Apolobamba and Cordillera La Paz reach heights of over 6,000 m.
In a narrower sense, the Cordillera Oriental ( Cordillera of Cochabamba ) runs from northwest to southeast and extends over 500 km from the Cordillera de Cocapata in the northwest corner of the Cochabamba department to the Río Grande south of Santa Cruz .
The highest peaks of this easternmost mountain section rarely exceed 5,000 m and reach their highest point in Incachaca and Tunari at around 5,200 m.