Question

Explain the Western cordillera?

Answer 1

Instructions:

• Give the explanation of western cordilleras

Solution:

Cordillera is derived from a Spanish word- meaning “a rope” or “a chain” .

The name western cordilleras were given by Spanish explorers to the extensive mountain system running down the western side of the continent from Alaska in the north to the Isthmus of Panama in the south.

They are a chain of young fold mountains.