Vilcanota Knot
plateau, South America
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Central Andes
- In Andes Mountains: Physiography of the Central Andes
…rough mountain mass of the Vilcanota Knot at latitude 15° S. From this knot (nudo), two lofty and narrow chains emerge northward, the Cordilleras de Carabaya and Vilcanota, separated by a deep gorge; a third range, the Cordillera de Vilcabamba, appears to the west of these and northwest of the…
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