Principal Cordillera of the Andes

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The Principal Cordillera of the Andes is the main, high central section of the Andes mountain system in Chile and Argentina, characterized by towering peaks, extensive glaciation, and active tectonics.

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Label Occurrences
Principal Cordillera of the Andes canonical 10

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geological region ⓘ
mountain range ⓘ
borderFunction forms natural border between Chile and Argentina in many sectors ⓘ
characteristic active tectonics ⓘ
extensive glaciation ⓘ
high central section of the Andes ⓘ
towering peaks ⓘ
climate cold alpine climate ⓘ
semi-arid in many sectors ⓘ
contains Aconcagua ⓘ
Maipo volcano ⓘ
Marmolejo volcano ⓘ
San José volcano ⓘ
Tupungato volcano ⓘ
glaciers ⓘ
high mountain passes ⓘ
volcanoes ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
country Argentina ⓘ
Chile ⓘ
drainageBasin Atlantic Ocean basin ⓘ
Pacific Ocean basin ⓘ
ecoregion Andean high mountain ecosystems ⓘ
geologicalAge Cenozoic ⓘ
geologicalComposition igneous intrusions ⓘ
sedimentary rocks ⓘ
volcanic rocks ⓘ
geologicalProcess subduction-related orogeny ⓘ
hazard earthquakes ⓘ
landslides ⓘ
volcanic eruptions ⓘ
highestPointRegion Aconcagua region ⓘ
linked to: Aconcagua Region
language Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn Central Andes ⓘ
South America ⓘ
Southern Andes ⓘ
linked to: Andes
near Santiago, Chile ⓘ
linked to: Santiago
orogeny Andean orogeny ⓘ
partOf Andes ⓘ
separates Argentine plains ⓘ
linked to: Pampas

Chilean Central Valley ⓘ
span central Chile-Argentina border region ⓘ
tectonicPlate Nazca Plate ⓘ
South American Plate ⓘ
tectonicSetting convergent plate boundary ⓘ
uses hydropower sources ⓘ
mountaineering ⓘ
skiing ⓘ

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Referenced by (10)

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

Polish Glacier → mountainRange → Principal Cordillera of the Andes ⓘ
Santiago basin → borderedBy → Principal Cordillera of the Andes ⓘ
Paso Internacional Los Libertadores → locatedIn → Principal Cordillera of the Andes ⓘ
Aconcagua summit area → locatedIn → Principal Cordillera of the Andes ⓘ
Nido de Cóndores → inMountainRange → Principal Cordillera of the Andes ⓘ
San Juan Province → hasBorderFeature → Principal Cordillera of the Andes ⓘ
Los Libertadores Pass → crossesMountainRange → Principal Cordillera of the Andes ⓘ
Los Libertadores border crossing → locatedInMountainRange → Principal Cordillera of the Andes ⓘ
Filo del Guanaco ridge → mountainRange → Principal Cordillera of the Andes ⓘ
Tupungato volcano → partOf → Principal Cordillera of the Andes ⓘ