Sierra

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Sierra is the Andean highland natural region of Peru, characterized by mountainous terrain, high plateaus, and a cool climate.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Sierra canonical 2
Monte of Mountains and Sierras 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
natural region ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Andean highlands of Peru ⓘ
Región Sierra ⓘ
Sierra Peruana ⓘ
borders Costa (Peru) ⓘ
Selva (Peru) ⓘ
linked to: Peruvian Amazon
characterizedBy cool climate ⓘ
high plateaus ⓘ
mountainous terrain ⓘ
climateType cool ⓘ
contains Altiplano ⓘ
linked to: Altiplano plateau

Aymara-speaking communities ⓘ
Quechua-speaking communities ⓘ
deep canyons ⓘ
high mountain peaks ⓘ
inter-Andean valleys ⓘ
country Peru ⓘ
culturalRegionFor Andean culture ⓘ
drainageTo Amazon Basin ⓘ
Pacific Ocean basins ⓘ
elevationRange approximately 2,000–4,000 meters above sea level ⓘ
extendsAlong Andean mountain range in Peru ⓘ
hasFeature glaciated peaks in higher zones ⓘ
steep slopes ⓘ
importantFor hydrological resources of Peru ⓘ
traditional agriculture ⓘ
includes agricultural terraces ⓘ
high Andean grasslands ⓘ
puna ecosystems ⓘ
languageRegionFor Aymara ⓘ
Quechua ⓘ
locatedIn Andes ⓘ
South America ⓘ
majorCity Arequipa ⓘ
Ayacucho ⓘ
Cusco ⓘ
Huancayo ⓘ
Huaraz ⓘ
Puno ⓘ
partOf Peruvian natural regions ⓘ
terrainType mountainous ⓘ
plateaus ⓘ
traditionalCrops maize ⓘ
potato ⓘ
quinoa ⓘ
traditionalLivestock alpaca ⓘ
llama ⓘ
sheep ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Serra → hasVariant → Sierra ⓘ
Los Cardones National Park → hasBiome → Monte of Mountains and Sierras ⓘ
linked to: Sierra