cordilleras

See how the chief mountain systems, the Pacific "cordilleras," trend away from one another, southeastward and southwestward.

The Red Man's Continent: a chronicle of aboriginal America Ellsworth Huntington 1911

The Patía Valley is a dry pocket surrounded by the cloud forests of the Central and Western cordilleras, and it is dissected by the Patía river, which flows from the Central massif westwards and breaks the Western cordillera to drain into the Pacific ocean.

Patía Valley dry forests 2008

The region has ecological significance as both a barrier and bridge between two major cordilleras of North America, the Rocky Mountains and the Sierra Madre Occidental.

Ecoregions of the United States-Level III (EPA) 2009

The region has ecological significance as both a barrier and bridge between two major cordilleras of North America: the Rocky Mountains and the Sierra Madre Occidental. 79a.

Ecoregions of New Mexico (EPA) 2009

Roughly bounded by the Tropic of Capricorn in the south and the end of the Andes range in Colombia and Venezuela in the north, the region follows the tropical portion of the Andes Mountains and several adjoining cordilleras.

Biological diversity in the Tropical Andes 2009

In the hills along the cordilleras there are other endemics such as Ceroxylon sasaimae, Odontoglossum crispum, Heliconia reptans, H. oleosa, H. huilensis, H. mutisiana, H. laxa, H. estiletioides and H. abaloi.

Magdalena Valley montane forests 2008

The highest rainfall occurs in the southwestern edge of the Maracaibo basin due to the prevailing winds, bringing clouds, which are then trapped, in the "V" shaped cordilleras.

Catatumbo moist forests 2007

According to this survey, the dispersal centers of the two cordilleras (western and eastern) showing the greatest number of endemic species are Naiguatá with 69 species, Rancho Grande with 40, Guácharo (Caripe) with 38, Turimiquire with 37, and Paria with 29.

Cordillera La Costa montane forests 2007

The Galapagos finches get the credit, but the forests, fossil, flora, fauna, earthquakes, pampas, mountains and cordilleras of South America opened and prepared his mind.

Clustrmaps 2007

This extensive basin was, over time, filled with sediments from the Guiana Plateau and the cordilleras during the Tertiary.

Llanos 2007