Definition of Cordilleran

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cordilleran

cordialize
cordialized
cordializes
cordializing
cordially
cordialness
cordialnesses
cordials
cordiaminum
cordianine
cordierite
cordierites
cordiform
cordiform uterus
cordillera
cordilleran (current term)
cordilleras
cordiner
cordiners
cording
cordings
cordis
cordite
cordites
corditis
cordless
cordless phone
cordless phones
cordless telephone
cordless telephones

Literary usage of Cordilleran

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Nature and Man in America by Nathaniel Southgate Shaler (1891)
"Rocky Mountain District; Effect of cordilleran Barrier. — Condition of cordilleran District in northern Mexico; within the United States; ..."

2. Glaciers of North America: A Reading Lesson for Students of Geography and by Israel Cook Russell (1897)
"THE glaciers of North America are confined to the cordilleran mountain ... The cordilleran series is, in fact, a family of mountain systems in most of which ..."

3. Mineral Deposits by Waldemar Lindgren (1919)
"The Gold-Quartz Veins of the Interior cordilleran Region.3— A great number of intrusive masses of quartz monzonitic or FIo. 195.—Section of Hidden Treasure ..."

4. Economic Geology: With Special Reference to the United States by Heinrich Ries (1910)
"cordilleran region. 2. Black Hills, South Dakota region. 3. ... cordilleran REGION The area contains a number of important deposits of gold and silver ores, ..."

5. Economic Geology: With Special Reference to the United States by Heinrich Ries (1910)
"cordilleran region. 2. Black Hills, South Dakota region. 3. ... cordilleran REGION The area contains a number of important deposits of gold and silver ores, ..."

6. Topical Outline of Geography by Harold Wellman Fairbanks (1921)
"In what ways are the Western or cordilleran Highlands of greater importance than the Appalachian ... The cordilleran Highlands are of far greater extent. 2. ..."

7. Oil and Gas in the Mid-continent Fields by Luther Crocker Snider (1920)
"cordilleran region—Some of the rocks in the cordilleran region in southern ... The chances for oil or gas in the cordilleran region seem to depend upon the ..."

8. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th Series by California academy of sciences (1905)
"5- cordilleran OSCILLATIONS. The subsidence recognized independently for the regions of Texas and California was synchronous throughout the Cordilleras. ..."

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