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    A cordillera is an extensive chain and/or network system of mountain ranges, such as those in the west coast of the Americas. The term is borrowed from Spanish, where the word comes from cordilla, a diminutive of cuerda ('rope'). The term is most commonly used in physical geography [1] and is particularly applied to the various large mountain ...

  2. The Cordillera Administrative Region ( CAR; Ilocano: Rehion/Deppaar Administratibo ti Kordiliera; Filipino: Rehiyong Pampangasiwaan ng Cordillera ), also known as the Cordillera Region and Cordillera ( IPA: [kɔrdiljɛra] ), is an administrative region in the Philippines, situated within the island of Luzon. It is the only landlocked region in ...

  3. cordillera, (from old Spanish cordilla, “cord,” or “little rope”), a system of mountain ranges that often consist of a number of more or less parallel chains. Cordilleras are an extensive feature in the Americas and Eurasia. In North America the Rocky Mountains, the Sierra Nevadas, and the mountains between them are collectively known ...

  4. The North American Cordillera covers an extensive area of mountain ranges, intermontane basins, and plateaus in Western and Northwestern Canada, Western United States, and Mexico, including much of the territory west of the Great Plains . The precise boundaries of this cordillera and its subregions, as well as the names of its various features ...

  5. Feb 6, 2006 · A cordillera is a major system of often parallel mountain ranges that includes the intervening plateaus, valleys and plains. The term is Spanish and dates from the early 18th century. It derives from the Old Spanish word cordilla, which was the diminutive form of cuerda (meaning “cord,” “string” or “rope”), from the Latin chorda.

  6. ABOUT. The only landlocked region in the Philippines, Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR), which is located in the island of Luzon, is primarily mountainous. It is bordered by the Ilocos Region to west and southwest, and Cagayan Valley to the north, east, and southeast.

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