Cordillera Blanca ( Spanish: Cordillera Blanca , literally “white mountain range”) is the highest mountain range in the Western Cordillera of the Andes of Peru . It is part of the interoceanic divide between the Santa and Maranhon river basins.
| Cordillera Blanca | |
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| Spanish Cordillera blanca | |
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| Specifications | |
| Length | 180 km |
| Width | |
| Highest point | |
| Highest peak | Huascaran |
| Absolute height | 6768 m |
| Location | |
| A country |
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| Mountain system | Andes |
The ridge extends parallel to the Pacific coast from 8 ° 40 ′ to 10 ° south latitude. Its length is 180 km. The highest point is Mount Huascaran (6768 m), a total of 14 peaks exceed a height of 6000 m. The ridge is composed mainly of diorites and andesites . Cordillera Blanca is the largest glacial region in the tropical Andes, as well as the equatorial and subequatorial zones of the Earth . The area of modern glaciation is 828 km², the border of eternal snow on the eastern slope lies at an altitude of 4800 m, on the western - 5000 m. Active avalanche and mudflow is characteristic. The slopes are covered mainly with dry mountain-steppe vegetation . Here is the Huascaran National Park .
See also
- Cordillera Negra
- Cordillera de Vilcanota
- Cordillera Wywash
Sources
- Cordillera Blanca // Great Soviet Encyclopedia : [in 30 vol.] / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov . - 3rd ed. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978. .
- Dictionary of modern geographical names / Rus. geo about . Mosk. Centre; Under the total. ed. Acad. V.M. Kotlyakova . Institute of Geography RAS . - Yekaterinburg: U-Factoria, 2006 ..