An extensive system of parallel mountain ranges, together with the plateaus, valleys and basins that lie between them, typically running the length of a continental margin above a long-lived subduction zone. The American Cordillera, stretching from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego, is the type example most often cited for the landform this term describes.
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The term is borrowed from Spanish, where the word comes from cordilla, a diminutive of cuerda ('rope').
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A cordillera is a chain or network of mountain ranges, such as those in the west coast of the Americas.
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Such mountain systems have a complex structure, which is usually the result of folding and faulting accompanied by volcanic activity.
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Such mountain systems have a complex structure, which is usually the result of folding and faulting accompanied by volcanic activity.
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