American Cordillera

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The American Cordillera is a vast, continuous chain of mountain ranges that runs along the western edge of the Americas from Alaska down through North, Central, and South America.

All labels observed (3)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (62)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cordillera ⓘ
geographical region ⓘ
mountain system ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Western Cordillera of the Americas ⓘ
linked to: American Cordillera
approximateLength about 13000 kilometres ⓘ
continent Antarctica ⓘ
North America ⓘ
South America ⓘ
extendsAlong western edge of the Americas ⓘ
extendsFrom Alaska ⓘ
extendsTo Tierra del Fuego ⓘ
feature active volcanoes ⓘ
deep ocean trenches ⓘ
frequent earthquakes ⓘ
high plateaus ⓘ
volcanic arcs ⓘ
formedBy subduction of oceanic plates beneath continental plates ⓘ
geologicalAge Cenozoic ⓘ
Mesozoic ⓘ
hasPart Alaska Range ⓘ
Andes ⓘ
Antarctic Peninsula mountain ranges ⓘ
linked to: Antarctic Peninsula

Argentine Andes ⓘ
linked to: Andes

Bolivian Andes ⓘ
Cascade Range ⓘ
Central American Volcanic Arc ⓘ
Chilean Coastal Range ⓘ
Coast Mountains ⓘ
Colombian Andes ⓘ
Ecuadorian Andes ⓘ
Patagonian Andes ⓘ
linked to: Andes

Peruvian Andes ⓘ
Rocky Mountains ⓘ
Sierra Madre Occidental ⓘ
Sierra Madre Oriental ⓘ
Sierra Madre del Sur ⓘ
Sierra Nevada (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Sierra Nevada

Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ
highestPoint Aconcagua ⓘ
highestPointCountry Argentina ⓘ
highestPointElevation 6961 metres ⓘ
oceanBoundary Pacific Ocean ⓘ
orogenyType Andean orogeny ⓘ
Laramide orogeny ⓘ
partOf Pacific Ring of Fire ⓘ
runsThrough Argentina ⓘ
Bolivia ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
Chile ⓘ
Colombia ⓘ
Costa Rica ⓘ
Ecuador ⓘ
El Salvador ⓘ
Guatemala ⓘ
Honduras ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ
Nicaragua ⓘ
Panama ⓘ
Peru ⓘ
United States ⓘ
Venezuela ⓘ
tectonicSetting convergent plate boundary ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Coast Mountains → partOf → American Cordillera ⓘ
Sierra Madre de Chiapas → partOf → American Cordillera ⓘ
American Cordillera → alsoKnownAs → Western Cordillera of the Americas ⓘ
linked to: American Cordillera
Pacific Coast Ranges → partOf → Pacific Mountain System ⓘ
linked to: American Cordillera
Andean mountains → partOf → American Cordillera ⓘ