Cordillera de la Costa

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Cordillera de la Costa is a long mountain range running parallel to Chile’s Pacific coastline, forming a key geographic barrier between the ocean and the country’s central valleys.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Cordillera de la Costa canonical 6
Atacama coastal range 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain
mountain range
national park
contains Cerro Vicuña Mackenna
La Campana National Park
country Chile
countrySubdivision Santiago Metropolitan Region
surface form: Región Metropolitana de Santiago

Antofagasta Region
surface form: Región de Antofagasta

Atacama Region
surface form: Región de Atacama

Región de Aysén
Coquimbo Region
surface form: Región de Coquimbo

La Araucanía Region
surface form: Región de La Araucanía

Los Lagos Region
surface form: Región de Los Lagos

Los Ríos Region
surface form: Región de Los Ríos

Magallanes and Chilean Antarctic Region
surface form: Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena

Tarapacá Region
surface form: Región de Tarapacá

Valparaíso Region
surface form: Región de Valparaíso

Biobío Region
surface form: Región del Biobío
ecosystem Chilean Matorral
surface form: Chilean matorral

temperate rainforests in the south
extendsFrom northern Chile
extendsTo southern Chile
formedBy subduction of the Nazca Plate beneath the South American Plate
forms geographic barrier between the Pacific Ocean and Chile’s central valleys
geologicalComposition igneous rocks
primarily metamorphic rocks
geologicalType forearc mountain range
hasFeature gentler eastern slopes toward interior valleys
steep western slopes facing the Pacific Ocean
hasProtectedArea La Campana National Park
highestPoint Cerro Vicuña Mackenna
influences distribution of Chilean ecosystems
local climate along Chile’s coast
language Spanish
locatedIn Chile
Cordillera de la Costa self-linksurface differs
Cordillera de la Costa self-linksurface differs
locatedOn Pacific coast of South America
nameMeaning Coastal Range
orientation north–south
partOf Andean orogenic system (broad sense)
runsParallelTo Chile’s Pacific coastline
Pacific Ocean
separates Central Valley of Chile
surface form: Chilean Central Valley from the Pacific coast

Pacific Ocean
central valleys of Chile
usedFor agriculture on lower slopes and valleys
forestry
mining in some sectors

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Coastal Range SpanishName Cordillera de la Costa
subject surface form: Coastal Range (Chile)
Taltal hasNearbyFeature Cordillera de la Costa
this entity surface form: Atacama coastal range
Cordillera de la Costa locatedIn Cordillera de la Costa self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Cerro Vicuña Mackenna
Cordillera de la Costa locatedIn Cordillera de la Costa self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: La Campana National Park
Cordillera de la Costa Central isSubrangeOf Cordillera de la Costa
El Ávila National Park mountainSystem Cordillera de la Costa
Altos de Cantillana protected area locatedIn Cordillera de la Costa