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Sierras de Córdoba

Index Sierras de Córdoba

The Sierras de Córdoba is a mountain range in central Argentina, located between the Pampas to the east and south, the Chaco to the north and the foothills of the Andes to the west. [1]

54 relations: Alpine tundra, Alta Gracia, Andean orogeny, Andes, Animal husbandry, Argentina, Bird, Córdoba Province, Argentina, Córdoba, Argentina, Cosquín, Córdoba, Forest, Geological history of the Precordillera terrane, German Argentine, Glacial period, Gondwana, Gran Chaco, Grassland, Holocene, Jesús María, Córdoba, Köppen climate classification, La Cumbrecita, La Falda, Metamorphic rock, Mount Champaquí, Mountain range, Ordovician, Pacific Ocean, Paleozoic, Pampas, Pampean orogeny, Paraná River, Periglaciation, Pleistocene, Quartzite, Quaternary, Resort, Salinas Grandes, Salt lake, San Luis Province, Schinopsis haenkeana, Sediment, Snow, Stipa, Surface runoff, Swamp, Tertiary, Tourism, Tree line, Valley, Villa Carlos Paz, ..., Villa Dolores, Villa General Belgrano, Volcanism, Zanthoxylum coco. Expand index (4 more) »

Alpine tundra

Alpine tundra is a type of natural region or biome that does not contain trees because it is at high altitude.

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Alta Gracia

Alta Gracia is a city located in the north-centre of the province of Córdoba, Argentina.

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Andean orogeny

The Andean orogeny (Orogenia andina) is an ongoing process of orogeny that began in the Early Jurassic and is responsible for the rise of the Andes mountains.

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Andes

The Andes or Andean Mountains (Cordillera de los Andes) are the longest continental mountain range in the world.

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Animal husbandry

Animal husbandry is the branch of agriculture concerned with animals that are raised for meat, fibre, milk, eggs, or other products.

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Argentina

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic (República Argentina), is a federal republic located mostly in the southern half of South America.

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Bird

Birds, also known as Aves, are a group of endothermic vertebrates, characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight skeleton.

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Córdoba Province, Argentina

Córdoba is a province of Argentina, located in the center of the country.

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Córdoba, Argentina

Córdoba is a city in the geographical center of Argentina, in the foothills of the Sierras Chicas on the Suquía River, about northwest of the Buenos Aires.

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Cosquín, Córdoba

Cosquín is a small town in the province of Córdoba, Argentina, located about from the city of Córdoba, and from Buenos Aires.

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Forest

A forest is a large area dominated by trees.

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Geological history of the Precordillera terrane

The Precordillera terrane of western Argentina is a large mountain range located southeast of the main Andes mountain range.

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German Argentine

German Argentines (Deutschargentinier, germano-argentinos) are Argentine citizens of German ancestry.

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Glacial period

A glacial period (alternatively glacial or glaciation) is an interval of time (thousands of years) within an ice age that is marked by colder temperatures and glacier advances.

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Gondwana

Gondwana, or Gondwanaland, was a supercontinent that existed from the Neoproterozoic (about 550 million years ago) until the Carboniferous (about 320 million years ago).

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Gran Chaco

The Gran Chaco or Dry Chaco is a sparsely populated, hot and semi-arid lowland natural region of the Río de la Plata basin, divided among eastern Bolivia, western Paraguay, northern Argentina and a portion of the Brazilian states of Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul, where it is connected with the Pantanal region.

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Grassland

Grasslands are areas where the vegetation is dominated by grasses (Poaceae); however, sedge (Cyperaceae) and rush (Juncaceae) families can also be found along with variable proportions of legumes, like clover, and other herbs.

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Holocene

The Holocene is the current geological epoch.

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Jesús María, Córdoba

Jesús María is a city in the province of Córdoba, Argentina, located 49 km due north from the provincial capital Córdoba, on National Route 9, within the valley of the Sierras Chicas.

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Köppen climate classification

The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems.

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La Cumbrecita

La Cumbrecita is a small picturesque, secluded alpine-like hamlet, located amongst spruce and pine, at above sea level, where it is not unusual to see a blanket of snow in winter time.

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La Falda

La Falda is a town in the province of Córdoba, Argentina, located from Córdoba and 800 km from Buenos Aires.

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Metamorphic rock

Metamorphic rocks arise from the transformation of existing rock types, in a process called metamorphism, which means "change in form".

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Mount Champaquí

Mount Champaquí, is a mountain located in the western province of Argentina, Córdoba.

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Mountain range

A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills ranged in a line and connected by high ground.

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Ordovician

The Ordovician is a geologic period and system, the second of six periods of the Paleozoic Era.

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Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's oceanic divisions.

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Paleozoic

The Paleozoic (or Palaeozoic) Era (from the Greek palaios (παλαιός), "old" and zoe (ζωή), "life", meaning "ancient life") is the earliest of three geologic eras of the Phanerozoic Eon.

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Pampas

The Pampas (from the pampa, meaning "plain") are fertile South American lowlands that cover more than and include the Argentine provinces of Buenos Aires, La Pampa, Santa Fe, Entre Ríos and Córdoba; all of Uruguay; and the southernmost Brazilian State, Rio Grande do Sul.

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Pampean orogeny

The Pampean orogeny (orogenia pampeana) was an orogeny active in the Cambrian in the western margin of the ancient landmass of Gondwana.

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Paraná River

The Paraná River (Río Paraná, Rio Paraná, Ysyry Parana) is a river in south Central South America, running through Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina for some.

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Periglaciation

Periglaciation (adjective: "periglacial," also referring to places at the edges of glacial areas) describes geomorphic processes that result from seasonal thawing of snow in areas of permafrost, the runoff from which refreezes in ice wedges and other structures.

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Pleistocene

The Pleistocene (often colloquially referred to as the Ice Age) is the geological epoch which lasted from about 2,588,000 to 11,700 years ago, spanning the world's most recent period of repeated glaciations.

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Quartzite

Quartzite (from Quarzit) is a hard, non-foliated metamorphic rock which was originally pure quartz sandstone.

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Quaternary

Quaternary is the current and most recent of the three periods of the Cenozoic Era in the geologic time scale of the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS).

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Resort

A resort (North American English) is an isolated place, self-contained commercial establishment that tries to provide most of a vacationer's wants, such as food, drink, lodging, sports, entertainment, and shopping, on the premises.

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Salinas Grandes

The Salinas Grandes is a large salt flat in central-northern Argentina, spanning the borders of four provinces (Córdoba, Catamarca, La Rioja and Santiago del Estero), at an average altitude of 3300 metres (about 11,000 feet) above sea level.

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Salt lake

A salt lake or saline lake is a landlocked body of water that has a concentration of salts (typically sodium chloride) and other dissolved minerals significantly higher than most lakes (often defined as at least three grams of salt per litre).

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San Luis Province

San Luis is a province of Argentina located near the geographical center of the country (on the 32° South parallel).

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Schinopsis haenkeana

Schinopsis haenkeana is a species of plant in the Anacardiaceae family.

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Sediment

Sediment is a naturally occurring material that is broken down by processes of weathering and erosion, and is subsequently transported by the action of wind, water, or ice, and/or by the force of gravity acting on the particles.

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Snow

Snow refers to forms of ice crystals that precipitate from the atmosphere (usually from clouds) and undergo changes on the Earth's surface.

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Stipa

Stipa is a genus of around 300 large perennial hermaphroditic grasses collectively known as feather grass, needle grass, and spear grass.

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Surface runoff

Surface runoff (also known as overland flow) is the flow of water that occurs when excess stormwater, meltwater, or other sources flows over the Earth's surface.

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Swamp

A swamp is a wetland that is forested.

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Tertiary

Tertiary is the former term for the geologic period from 65 million to 2.58 million years ago, a timespan that occurs between the superseded Secondary period and the Quaternary.

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Tourism

Tourism is travel for pleasure or business; also the theory and practice of touring, the business of attracting, accommodating, and entertaining tourists, and the business of operating tours.

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Tree line

The tree line is the edge of the habitat at which trees are capable of growing.

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Valley

A valley is a low area between hills or mountains often with a river running through it.

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Villa Carlos Paz

Villa Carlos Paz is a city in the center-north of the province of Córdoba, Argentina, in the south of the Punilla Valley, lying on the western slope of the Sierras Chicas.

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Villa Dolores

Villa Dolores is a city in the province of Córdoba, Argentina, located in the southwestern side of the province.

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Villa General Belgrano

Villa General Belgrano, a small mountain village of 6,260 inhabitants is named after the creator of the Argentine flag Manuel Belgrano and located in a lush green valley of Calamuchita in the hills in the Province of Córdoba in central Argentina.

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Volcanism

Volcanism is the phenomenon of eruption of molten rock (magma) onto the surface of the Earth or a solid-surface planet or moon, where lava, pyroclastics and volcanic gases erupt through a break in the surface called a vent.

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Zanthoxylum coco

Zanthoxylum coco (also known as Fagara coco) is an evergreen tree of the Rutaceae family, natural of Argentina and Bolivia where it grows in the wild, mostly hilly, spiniferous forests.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierras_de_Córdoba

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