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Topic: Cordillera Central

	Encyclopedia: Cordillera Administrative Region
		The Cordillera region encompasses most of the areas within the Cordillera Central mountain range of Luzon, the largest range in the country.
		Benguet is a landlocked province of the Philippines in the Cordillera Administrative Region in Luzon.
		The Cordillera Central is a massive mountain range situated in the northern central part of the island of Luzon, in the Philippines.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Cordillera-Administrative-Region (1942 words)

	Colombia - Andean Highlands
		The Cordillera Occidental in the west, the Cordillera Central in the center, and the Cordillera Oriental in the east have different characteristics.
		Geologically, the Cordillera Occidental and the Cordillera Central form the western and eastern sides of a massive crystalline arch that extends from the Caribbean lowlands to the southern border of Ecuador.
		The Cordillera Occidental is separated from the Cordillera Central by the deep rift of the Cauca Valley.
	countrystudies.us /colombia/33.htm (1299 words)

	Hispaniola - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Island has five major mountain ranges: The Central Range, known in the Dominican Republic as the Cordillera Central, span the central part of the island, extending from the south coast of the Dominican Republic into northwestern Haiti, where they are known as the Massif du Nord.
		The Cordillera Central and Cordillera Septentrional are separated by the lowlands of the Cibao Valley and the Atlantic coastal plains, which extend westward into Haiti as the Plaine du Nord (Northern Plain).
		The Plateau Central lies between the Massif du Nord and the Montagnes Noires, and the Plaine de l'Artibonite lies between the Montagnes Noires and the Chaîne des Matheux, opening westward toward the Gulf of Gonâves.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hispaniola (825 words)

	MSN Encarta - Print Preview - Colombia
		The Andes comprise three principal and parallel ranges: the Cordillera Occidental in the west, the Cordillera Central, and the Cordillera Oriental in the east.
		To the east, the Cordillera Oriental rises to a height of 5,500 m (18,000 ft).
		The principal river of Colombia, the Magdalena, flows north between the Cordillera Oriental and the Cordillera Central.
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	MSN Encarta - Print Preview - Dominican Republic
		The highest mountains are known as the Cordillera Central or Cibao Mountains.
		The Cibao Valley lies between the Cordillera Central and the Cordillera Septentrional, a narrow and lower range to the north.
		The southwestern part of the Cordillera Central is drained by the Yaque del Sur river.
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	Hispaniola - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		The Cordillera Central and Cordillera Septentrional are separated by the lowlands of the Cibao Valley and the Atlantic coastal plains, which exend westward into Haiti as the Plaine du Nord (Northern Plain).
		The Sierra de Neiba rises in the southwest of the Dominican Republic, and continues northwest into Haiti, parallel to the Cordillera Central, as the Montagnes Noires, Chaîne des Matheux and the Montagnes du Trou d'Eau.
		The Plateau Central lies between the Massif du Nord and the Montagnes Noires, and the Plaine de l'Artibonite lies between the Montagnes Noires and the Chaîne des Matheux, opening westward toward the.
	www.secaucus.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Hispaniola (846 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Cordilleras
		Cordilleras, or Cordillera, extensive mountain range or system of ranges.
		The Cordillera Oriental, with a maximum elevation of 5,493 m (18,021 ft), is the eastern axis of the...
		The Cordillera Central is the central axis of the Colombian Andes, stretching north...
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Cordilleras.html (88 words)

	USGS P 1386-I -- Peru - Cordilleras - Central (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		The Cordillera Huaytapallana, a glacierized range in the Cordillera Central, lies between lat 11°47' and 11°56'S. and long 75°00' and 75°05'W. It is 17 km long and trends in a northwesterly direction (fig.
		The Cordillera de Vilcabamba is a mountain range in the Cordillera Central between lat 13°10' and 13°27'S. and long 72°30' and 73°15'W. (fig.
		The Cordillera La Raya is a mountain range situated northwest of the Peruvian altiplano between lat 15°10' and 15°26'S. and long 70°36' and 71°14'W. It extends about 60 km in an easterly direction, and the glacierized area is estimated from Landsat images to be 88 km
	pubs.usgs.gov /prof/p1386i/peru/central.html (209 words)

	Joachim Müller Startseite
		The Eastern Cordillera is a main morphotectonic unit of the Central Andes.
		Estimates of total shortening in the Eastern Cordillera are up to 95 km (41-44%), higher than previous estimates but still insufficient to thicken the crust to its present state.
		Müller, J.P., Kley, J. and Jacobshagen, V. (2002): Structure and Cenozoic kinematics of the Eastern Cordillera, southern Bolivia (21°S).- Tectonics, 21(5), art.no.1037, doi:10.1029/2001TC001340.
	www.geolearning.de /projects.html (372 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		In the south, a western Cordillera Occidental and a central Cordillera Central are separated by a rift valley enclosing the Cauca River.
		The Cordillera Occidental parallels the sparsely populated Pacific coast and recedes, as does the Cordillera Central, into the Caribbean lowlands in the northwest.
		To the southeast of the Cordillera Oriental lies the vast, barely populated lowland, which consists of the Llanos (Orinoquia) and Amazonia regions (together accounting for three-fifths of the country's land area) and which is drained by the Orinoco (northern half) and the Amazon rivers.
	www.fuchsias-in-focus.co.uk /colombia2.htm (2150 words)

	USGS P 1386-I -- Peru - Cordilleras - Occidental
		The Cordillera Huayhuash, between lat 10°11' and 10°26'S. and long 76°50' and 77°00'W., is part of the Cordillera Occidental of Perú.
		The Cordillera de Chonta consists of a series of ice-capped peaks extending in a northerly direction for about 50 km between lat 12°37' and 13°07'S. and long 75°00' and 75°30'W. and is in the western branch of the Andes (fig.
		The Cordillera de Huanzo is a glacierized mountain range within the Cordillera Occidental that extends 57 km in a northwesterly direction between lat 14°30' and 15°01'S. and long 72°50' and 73°15'W. (fig.
	pubs.usgs.gov /prof/p1386i/peru/occident.html (1636 words)

	CARIBHERP: Biogeography: contemporary: biogeographic regions: Hispaniola
		Most remaining forests in the Dominican Republic are confined to the Cordillera Central, but some relatively small tracts remain in other upland areas.
		-This is the major mountain range of northern Haiti and represents the northwest extension of the Cordillera Central; the maximum elevation is 1210 m.
		-Wedged between the Cordillera Central and the Cordillera Oriental, this highly dissected karst area is similar to the Cockpit Country of Jamaica but lower in elevation.
	evo.bio.psu.edu /caribherp/biogeo/hisp.htm (960 words)

	Puerto Rico english version
		The most prominent of these masses is a central mountain chain known as "La Cordillera Central." This geographical anomaly amounts to an extensive mountain range, that transects the length of the island east to west from Aibonito to the outskirts of Mayagüeze, and divides the country into distinct north and south regions.
		The Cordillera Central, is an extensive mountain range that transects Puerto Rico from east to west along the Island's central region.
		In general, there is less rainfall along the south side of the Cordillera Central Mountains, so the land on the south side of Puerto Rico is typically dryer than on the north side.
	www.proyectosalonhogar.com /Puerto_Rico/PRENGLISH.htm (5738 words)

	Colombia: Geography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		The physical structure of the mountain region and the direction of its main ranges and valleys are a dominant factor in the distribution of the population, with orientation toward the Caribbean (rather than the Pacific) coast, where most of the country's ports are located.
		The central part of these lowlands, especially around the mouth of the Magdalena, is one of the most densely inhabited areas of Colombia.
		The extensive lowlands of the east, which cover nearly two-thirds of Colombia, belong to two large drainage basins, that of the Orinoco river in the north and the Amazon river in the south, and to two natural landscape regions, the Llanos in the north and the Selvas in the south.
	www.ddg.com /LIS/aurelia/colgeo1.htm (711 words)

	Columbia Geography
		The Cordillera Central is the loftiest of the mountain systems.
		On the east, the Pacific lowlands are bounded by the Cordillera Occidental, from which numerous streams run.
		This zone includes the lower slopes of the Cordillera Oriental and the Cordillera Central and most of the intermontane valleys.
	www.multied.com /NationbyNation/Columbia/Geo.html (1474 words)

	Land and Resources - Colombia - South America: covered snow, andes mountain, colombia population, amazon river, orinoco ...
		The Andes are situated in the central and western parts of the country and extend north-south across almost the entire length of Colombia.
		Between the cordilleras are high plateaus, a number of which are about 2,400 m (about 8,000 ft) above sea level, and fertile valleys, traversed by the principal rivers of the country.
		The Cauca, also an important means of communication, flows north between the Cordillera Central and the Cordillera Occidental, merging with the Magdalena about 320 km (about 200 mi) from the Caribbean.
	www.countriesquest.com /south_america/colombia/land_and_resources.htm (615 words)

	Costa Rica Geography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Further to the south-east is the Cordillera de Tilarán which includes the renowned cloud forest preserve at Monteverde and, just north of the continually exploding Volcán Arenal (1633 meters), which is the most active volcano in Costa Rica.
		The Cordillera de Tilarán runs into the Cordillera Central, which includes the famous Volcán Poas (2704 meters) and Volcán Irazu (3432 meters), both of which are semi-active volcanoes lying at the center of national parks named after them, and Volcán Barva (2906 meters), which is in Parque Nacional Braulio Carillo.
		, which is surrounded by mountains (the Cordillera Central to the north and east, the Cordillera de Talamanca to the south).
	www.calypsotours.com /costarica/geography.htm (691 words)

	Destination Dominican Republic. Travel and tourist information Dominican Republic. Hotels World travel information. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		The largest is the Cordillera Central, which divides the republic into the almost equal parts.
		In the north is the Cordillera Septentrional and in the south are the Sierra Bahoruco.
		The Valley of the Cibao, between the Cordillera Central and the Cordillera Septentrional, is the largest and most important valley.
	www.hotels-world.com /travelinfo/car/domrep/country.htm (657 words)

	Search Results for central - Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		The Mesa Central comprises the southern section of the Mexican Plateau extending south from the Zacatecas Mountains to the Bajío, a fertile region at the...
		Central Park is the rollerblading mecca of New York City.
		The landscape of Central Europe rises from the flatlands along the Baltic coast to the glacial peaks of the Alps.
	www.britannica.com /search?query=central&submit=Find&source=MWTAB (576 words)

	CARIBHERP: Biogeography: contemporary: biogeographic regions: Puerto Rican Bank
		The physiography of this island is not as complex as that of the three larger islands of the Greater Antilles; it has a central cordillera and an isolated upland region (Sierra de Luquillo) in the northeast.
		-The highland "backbone" of Puerto Rico, or Cordillera Central, extends in an east-west direction and includes a major region of serpentine rocks (Maricao forest) in the west; the maximum elevation is 1338 m.
		Montane rainforest has been replaced mostly by coffee cultivation in the upper elevations of the main cordillera, whereas wet limestone forest can be found on some mogotes in the karst areas.
	evo.bio.psu.edu /caribherp/biogeo/prb.htm (824 words)

	CPD: South America, Site SA28, Region of Los Nevados National Park, Colombia
		The eastern slope of the Central Cordillera was inhabited by the Panches, the western slope by the Quimbayas (INDERENA 1984).
		Among the endemic animals are rufous-fronted parakeet (Bolborhynchus ferrugineifrons) and a bearded helmetcrest (Oxypogon guerinii strubelii) and the frog Osornophryne percrassa.
		The Central Andean páramo Endemic Bird Area (EBA B60) and Subtropical inter-Andean Colombia EBA (B12) embrace the entire Central Andean cordillera from the páramo zone down to the subtropical (mid-Andean) forest.
	www.nmnh.si.edu /botany/projects/cpd/sa/sa28.htm (3328 words)

	Negra, Cordillera -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		The Santa River Valley separates the Cordillera Negra from the Cordillera Blanca, a range of permanently snowcapped mountains to the east.
		Overlooking the valley to the west is the snowless Cordillera Negra, with peaks rising to 17,000 feet (5,200 m); and to the east is the spectacular, snowcapped Cordillera Blanca, containing many of Peru's highest mountains, including Mount Huascarán.
		Two volcanic ranges, the Cordillera Central and the Cordillera de Guanacaste, extend northwestward from the Meseta to the Nicaraguan border.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9055188?tocId=9055188 (780 words)

	Articles - Luzon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		To the east of the Cordillera Central is the large Cagayan Valley, which serves as the basin for the Cagayan River, the longest river in the Philippines.
		Between it and the Zambales Mountains to the west is the largest plain, the Central Luzon plain.
		The valley is surrounded by the Cordillera Central and Sierra Madre mountain ranges.
	www.gaple.com /articles/Luzon (1566 words)

	Colombia
		The Western Cordillera has five peaks over 4,000 m (13,000 ft) high, but the Central Cordillera is higher, with six snow capped peaks over 4,900 m (16,100 ft).
		Set in the Central Cordillera to the west of the Magdalena are two of Colombia's most important cities, Medellin (the second largest) and Manizales.
		The Andes comprise three principal and parallel ranges: the Cordillera Oriental, the Cordillera Central, and the Cordillera Occidental.
	micolombia.8m.com (1617 words)

	CPRI
		Brett, June Prill (1985) "Stone Walls and Waterfalls: Irrigation and Ritual Regulation in the Central Cordillera, Northern Phillippines" in Karl L. Hutterer, A. Terry Rambo, and George Lovelace (Ed), "Cultural Values and Human Ecology in Southeast Asia", Centre for South and Southeast Asian Studies: The University of Michigan.
		Connected to the Sierra Madre in Central Luzon, the Cordillera Central is the most extensive system of highlands in the Phillippines.
		The people of the Cordillera Central inhabit soem 24,000 sq km of northern Luzon, leaving narrow strip of coastal flatlands and foothills to the west and adjoining the agayan valley to the east.
	www.sristi.org /cpr/cpr_detail.php3?page=38&Mode=Institutions (1533 words)

	Cordilleras on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		The Cordilleras include the Rocky Mts., the ranges of the Great Basin, the Sierra Nevada, the Coast Ranges, and the Sierra Madre.
		The name Cordilleras was first applied to the similar systems of W South America, where the mountains stretching from Panama to Cape Horn are known locally as the Cordillera de los Andes (Andes Mts.).
		Tourism in the Cordillera Blanca Region, Peru *.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/C/Cordille.asp (441 words)

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		The southern limit runs along the Cordillera Volcanica Central and includes the Barva, Cacho Negro, Irazu and Turrialba volcanoes; Rio Puerto Viejo is the eastern limit and the Sarapiqui road is the western limit.
		In the Cordillera there are canyons and gorges where slopes are very abrupt with inclinations of over 60%.
		The large rivers in the area contribute to the formation of extensive alluvial fans in the north where the land is flatter and undulating.
	www.unep-wcmc.org /sites/pa/0545q.htm (1727 words)

	Fission-track paper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		The uplift history of the Central Andes is of interest to both climatic and tectonic studies.
		Isacks, B. Uplift of the Central Andean Plateau and bending of the Bolivian Orocline.
		Pre-Andean and Andean-Age Deformation in the Eastern Cordillera of southern Bolivia.
	www.ldeo.columbia.edu /users/gregory/fission.html (4877 words)

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