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cordilleran

Adjective

Meaning

cordilleran (not comparable)

Relating to a cordillera.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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Both the Columbia River and Colorado River rise far inland near the easternmost members of the Cordilleran system, and flow through plateaus and intermontaine basins to the ocean. Source: Internet

The Puget Sound was shaped by the Puget Lobe portion of the Cordilleran Ice Sheet that was part of the Fraser Glaciation that shaped much of the Montana, Idaho, Washington, British Columbia, the Yukon Territory, and Alaska. Source: Internet

The Cordilleran ice sheet once covered large portions of western North America from Alaska to Washington state and western Montana. Source: Internet

Their dunes are on the downwind (SE) side of the depressions, as would be expected from prevailing winds off the Cordilleran Ice Sheet. Source: Internet

The Cordilleran system on the western side of the continent is lofty, broad and complicated having two branches, the Rocky Mountain System and the Pacific Mountain System. Source: Internet

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