Earth:Precordillera
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Short description: Spanish geographical term
Precordillera is a Spanish geographical term for hills and mountains lying before a greater range, similar to foothills. The term is derived from cordillera (mountain range)—literally "pre-mountain range"—and applied usually to the Andes.[1]
Some places usually called precordillera are:
- Andean mountains east of the main ranges of Andes in Argentina. It is separated from the much higher Frontal Cordillera to the west by Uspallata Valley in Argentina.[2] Precordillera mountains reach around 3,000 m a.s.l. in Sierras de Villavicencio.[2]
- Used all over Chile from north to south as a morphological unit lying just between the Andes and the Intermediate Depression.
See also
- Geological history of the precordillera terrane
- Earth:Cuyania – Ancient microcontinent now part of Argentina
References
- ↑ "precordillera" (in Spanish). http://dle.rae.es/?id=TwlfV9m. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Orografía de Mendoza" (in Spanish). Cámara de Turismo de Mendoza and Cooperativa El Portal de Mendoza. 13 March 2014. http://elportaldemendoza.com/blog/orografia-de-mendoza/.
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