| We could follow the entire sweep of the river, from the lower meanders upwards to the source of the tiny stream high in the glaciated peaks of the cordillera. |
| Two of them, the Rocky Mountains and Coastal Mountains, are both found in the west, while the arctic cordillera runs along the northeastern edge of the country. |
| In the western part, the Andean cordillera extends from north to south. |
| I still wanted to look at the Cordillera Occidental, the western cordillera, the other main chain of the Andes. |
| At the time of the Spanish conquest, the Andean condor's silhouette was a common sight along the entire Andes cordillera. |
| Greater complexity is not justified since there are large probable errors in elevation and terrain corrections in the cordillera. |
