Principal Cordillera

Principal Cordillera (Spanish: Cordillera Principal) is the Andean mountain range that makes up the boundary between Central Chile and neighbouring areas of Argentina. It is also a continental divide between the Atlantic and the Pacific watersheds.^[1] It extends in a north–south direction in the Argentine provinces of La Rioja, San Juan and Mendoza and the Chilean regions of Valparaíso, Santiago, O'Higgins and Maule. To the east of the Principal Cordillera lies the Frontal Cordillera which is fully in Argentina.^[1] Aconcagua, the tallest mountain outside Asia, lies in the Principal Cordillera.^[1]

Geological history

What is today the Principal Cordillera was once a

valley glaciers about 1 Ma ago.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Orografía de Mendoza". El Portal de Mendoza (in Spanish). Cámara de Turismo de Mendoza and Cooperativa El Portal de Mendoza. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c Charrier et al. 2006, pp. 93–94.
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[orografia-1] "Orografía de Mendoza". El Portal de Mendoza (in Spanish). Cámara de Turismo de Mendoza and Cooperativa El Portal de Mendoza. Retrieved June 29, 2019.

[Charrieretal93-94-2] Charrier et al. 2006, pp. 93–94.

[Giambiagietal2016-3] ISBN 978-3-319-23060-3
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doi:10.5027/andgeoV46n2-3108
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