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Excerpt from Peru: Physical Features, Natural Resources, Means of Communication, Manufactures and Industrial Development
The great tableland of the Sierra is bounded on the east by the Andes proper - this term being applied in an exclusive sense to the crests of the main range; the western boundary is formed by the western or coastal Cordillera, while numerous secondary ridges, rising but little above the level of the tableland, are also known as cordilleras. In the north, the western range is called the Cordillera Negra, owing to the absence of snow upon its upper crests while the eastern range, the Andes proper. Is known as the Cordillera Nevada. The highest eleva tion to which the coastal Cordillera attains is about ft. While the eastern or main range, which main tains a height of about ft. Between the montafia zone and the Huallaga river valley, forms the watershed between the Atlantic and Pacific regions of South America. The principal peaks of the range attain in Southern Peru a height of over ft., chief among them being Coropuna and the twin-peaked Huascaran, over ft. In height. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
