Cordillera de LÃpez
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Cerro Lípez 5929 m
The Cordillera de Lípez (Spanish Cordillera de Lípez ) is a mountain ridge in the southern parts of the Bolivian Andes.
The Cordillera de Lípez is a mountain range in the Bolivian department of Potosí on the border of northern Argentina. The mountain range covers an area of 23,400 km ² and extends northeast -southwest direction in its southern part of the mountain ridge forms the border between the two neighboring countries. The Cordillera de Lípez in this way is transverse to the main strike of the Andes, whose western mountain range, the Cordillera Occidental, as well as the eastern mountain range, the Cordillera Oriental, extending from north to south. Due to its transverse position of the Cordillera Lípez forms the southern boundary of the Altiplano, the high plateau of Peru and Bolivia.
The highest elevation of the Cordillera is the Uturuncu with a height of 6008 m. Other important peaks of the mountain range is the Cerro Lípez ( 5,929 m), which is sometimes mistakenly referred to as Cerro Nuevo Mundo; the Cerro Soniquera ( 5,899 m), which sometimes is also called " Soreguera "; and the Cerro ink ( 5,849 m ) on the Bolivian- Argentine border. Despite the altitude of the Cordillera is not glaciated, and the snow fields in the summit regions are declining due to the current climate change.
Due to its inland location arise in the Cordillera de Lípez few rivers of national importance. The leading northwest mountain streams seep and evaporate in its course on the Altiplano. According to the southeast, only the San Juan River and the Río Tupiza more extensive river systems.
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- Brain, Y. " Climbs and Expeditions: Bolivia ," American Alpine Journal ( 1999) p.323
- David Yetman " Sierra de Lípez " (June 2002)
- Mountains in South America
- Mountains in Bolivia
- Landscape in the Potosí Department