| To the east the cordillera was scorched and spent, rubbled by decades of desperate agriculture. |
| In the western part, the Andean cordillera extends from north to south. |
| I still wanted to look at the Cordillera Occidental, the western cordillera, the other main chain of the Andes. |
| At the time of the Spanish conquest, the Andean condor's silhouette was a common sight along the entire Andes cordillera. |
| Greater complexity is not justified since there are large probable errors in elevation and terrain corrections in the cordillera. |
| It ranged along the cordillera from northern New Mexico to the Canadian border. |
