Cordillera Occidental

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geographical region mountain range stratovolcano

Cordillera Occidental is the western range of the Andes in Ecuador, known for its high volcanic peaks and major mountains such as Chimborazo.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Cordillera Occidental (Ecuador) 0
Chimborazo 0
Cordillera Occidental of the Andes 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
mountain range ⓘ
stratovolcano ⓘ
climate varies with altitude ⓘ
contains Antisana ⓘ
Atacazo ⓘ
Carihuairazo ⓘ
Cayambe ⓘ
Chimborazo ⓘ
Corazón ⓘ
Cotopaxi (volcano) ⓘ
surface form: Cotopaxi

Pichincha ⓘ
surface form: Guagua Pichincha

Illiniza Norte ⓘ
Illiniza Norte ⓘ
surface form: Illiniza Sur

Pasochoa ⓘ
Pichincha ⓘ
Pululahua ⓘ
Quilotoa ⓘ
Pichincha ⓘ
surface form: Rucu Pichincha

Rumiñahui ⓘ
Sincholagua ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
country Ecuador ⓘ
Ecuador ⓘ
ecosystem montane forest ⓘ
páramo ⓘ
feature high volcanic peaks ⓘ
formedBy subduction of the Nazca Plate beneath the South American Plate ⓘ
geologicalType volcanic mountain range ⓘ
highestPoint Chimborazo ⓘ
languageOfToponyms Quechua ⓘ
locatedIn South America ⓘ
mountainRange Northern Andes in Ecuador ⓘ
surface form: Cordillera Occidental (Ecuador)
near Quito ⓘ
orientation north–south ⓘ
partOf Andes ⓘ
passesThrough Carchi Province ⓘ
Chimborazo Province ⓘ
Cotopaxi Province ⓘ
Imbabura Province ⓘ
Pichincha Province ⓘ
Tungurahua Province ⓘ
relativeLocation western range of the Ecuadorian Andes ⓘ
separates Inter-Andean valley of Ecuador ⓘ
Pacific coastal region of Ecuador ⓘ
usedFor ecotourism ⓘ
mountaineering ⓘ
trekking ⓘ
volcanicArc Northern Volcanic Zone of the Andes ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Altiplano plateau → borderedBy → Cordillera Occidental ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Cordillera of the Andes
Chimborazo → locatedIn → Cordillera Occidental ⓘ
Carihuairazo → mountainRange → Cordillera Occidental ⓘ
Chimborazo Province → mountainSystem → Cordillera Occidental ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cordillera Occidental of the Andes