Chilean Coastal Range

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The Chilean Coastal Range is a long, ancient mountain system running parallel to Chile’s Pacific coast, forming a distinct low- to mid-elevation barrier between the ocean and the country’s central valleys.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geological formation
mountain range
alsoKnownAs Chilean Coastal Range
surface form: Cordillera de la Costa
averageElevation 500–1500 m
biome Mediterranean forests
coastal desert shrublands
temperate rainforests
boundedBy Central Valley of Chile
Atacama Trench
surface form: Peru–Chile Trench
climateGradient Mediterranean in central Chile
arid in the north
humid temperate in the south
contains Alerce Costero National Park
Cordillera de Nahuelbuta National Park
Fray Jorge National Park
La Campana National Park
Chilean Coastal Range self-linksurface differs
surface form: Nahuelbuta Range
country Chile
economicActivity forestry
mining
tourism
ecoregion Chilean Matorral
Nazca Desert
surface form: Sechura Desert (southern extension)

Valdivian temperate rain forest
extendsFrom northern Chile
extendsTo southern Chile
feature gentler eastern slopes
steep western slopes
formedBy subduction-related tectonics
geologicalAge Mesozoic
Paleozoic
geologicalProcess erosion
uplift
highestPoint Cerro Vicuña Mackenna
highestPointElevation 3114 m
influences coastal climate of Chile
precipitation patterns in Central Valley of Chile
lithology granite
metamorphic rocks
sedimentary rocks
locatedIn South America
locatedOn Pacific coast of Chile
orientation north–south
partOf Chilean Coastal Range self-linksurface differs
surface form: Chilean Coast Range System
runsParallelTo Andes
surface form: Andes Mountains

Pacific Ocean
separates Central Valley of Chile
Pacific Ocean
tectonicSetting forearc high

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Coquimbo Region hasMountainRange Chilean Coastal Range
Santiago mountainRangeNearby Chilean Coastal Range
Central Valley of Chile boundedBy Chilean Coastal Range
Chilean Coastal Range partOf Chilean Coastal Range self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Chilean Coast Range System
Chilean Coastal Range alsoKnownAs Chilean Coastal Range
this entity surface form: Cordillera de la Costa
Chilean Coastal Range contains Chilean Coastal Range self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Nahuelbuta Range
Maule Region hasMountainRange Chilean Coastal Range
this entity surface form: Chilean Coast Range
Curicó Basin boundedBy Chilean Coastal Range
this entity surface form: Chilean Coast Range
Talca Basin boundedBy Chilean Coastal Range
Los Ángeles Basin near Chilean Coastal Range
this entity surface form: Coastal Range of Chile
Pudu puda range Chilean Coastal Range
this entity surface form: Chilean coastal range
Antofagasta Region containsLandform Chilean Coastal Range
this entity surface form: Coastal Range of Chile
Coastal Range formsPartOf Chilean Coastal Range
subject surface form: Coastal Range (Chile)
this entity surface form: Chilean coastal highlands
Coastal Range partOf Chilean Coastal Range
subject surface form: Coastal Range (Chile)
this entity surface form: Chilean Coast Range System
Cordillera de Nahuelbuta National Park locatedIn Chilean Coastal Range
this entity surface form: Cordillera de Nahuelbuta
Cordillera de Nahuelbuta National Park partOf Chilean Coastal Range
Cordillera de Nahuelbuta National Park locatedOn Chilean Coastal Range
this entity surface form: Chilean Coast Range
Chilean Matorral borderedBy Chilean Coastal Range
Alerce Costero National Park locatedIn Chilean Coastal Range
Arauco hasNearbyFeature Chilean Coastal Range
this entity surface form: Nahuelbuta Range
American Cordillera hasPart Chilean Coastal Range
central Chile hasMountainRange Chilean Coastal Range
subject surface form: Central Chile
Santiago basin surroundedBy Chilean Coastal Range
Santiago basin climateInfluencedBy Chilean Coastal Range
Valdivia River near Chilean Coastal Range
this entity surface form: Valdivian Coastal Range
Cachapoal Province hasMountainRange Chilean Coastal Range
Vicuña Mackenna locatedOn Chilean Coastal Range
this entity surface form: Chilean Coast Range
Vicuña Mackenna mountainRange Chilean Coastal Range
this entity surface form: Chilean Coast Range
Vicuña Mackenna partOf Chilean Coastal Range
this entity surface form: Chilean Coastal Cordillera
Vicuña Mackenna category Chilean Coastal Range
this entity surface form: Chilean Coast Range
Olmué locatedInOrNearby Chilean Coastal Range
Cerro La Campana mountainRange Chilean Coastal Range
this entity surface form: Chilean Coast Range