Cordillera de la Costa Central

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Cordillera de la Costa Central is a coastal mountain range in northern Venezuela that forms part of the Venezuelan Coastal Range and serves as a prominent natural backdrop and climatic barrier for the capital region.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Cordillera de la Costa Central canonical 3
Cordillera de la Costa 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf coastal mountain range
mountain range
biodiversity montane forests
tropical cloud forests
xerophytic vegetation on coastal slopes
climaticRole climatic barrier between coast and interior
climatic barrier for Caracas
continent South America
country Venezuela
formsBackdropFor Caracas
surface form: Caracas metropolitan area

capital region of Venezuela
geologicalEra Cenozoic
Mesozoic
geologicalType fold-and-thrust belt
hasFeature gentler southern slopes toward interior valleys
steep northern slopes toward the Caribbean
hasHighestPoint Cerro Naiguatá
Pico Naiguatá
hasProtectedArea El Ávila National Park
Parque Nacional Henri Pittier
surface form: Henri Pittier National Park

Waraira Repano National Park
highestPointElevation 2765 m
influencesClimateOf Caracas
central coastal region of Venezuela
isPartOf Greater Antilles
surface form: Caribbean mountain system
isSubrangeOf Cordillera de la Costa
languageOfName Spanish
literalMeaning Coastal Range
surface form: Central Coastal Range
locatedIn north-central Venezuela
surface form: northern Venezuela
locatedInState Anzoátegui
Aragua
Carabobo
Distrito Capital
Miranda
Sucre
Vargas
nearbyBodyOfWater Caribbean Sea
nearbyCity Caracas
La Guaira
Maracay
Valencia
orientation east–west
partOf Venezuelan Coastal Range
runsParallelTo Caribbean Sea
separates Caribbean Sea coast of Venezuela
interior valleys of central Venezuela
usedFor recreation and hiking
watershed for central Venezuelan rivers

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Referenced by (4)

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

Caracas locatedNearMountainRange Cordillera de la Costa Central
Metropolitan District of Caracas locatedInMountainRange Cordillera de la Costa Central
Caracas Valley locatedIn Cordillera de la Costa Central
this entity surface form: Cordillera de la Costa
Cerro El Ávila mountainRange Cordillera de la Costa Central