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Bolivia
Natural Regions
Bolivia
Natural Regions
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Figure 4. Topography and Drainage
Stretching in a broad arc across western Bolivia, the
Andes
define the country's three geographic zones: the mountains
and
Altiplano in the west, the semitropical Yungas and
temperate
valleys of the eastern mountain slopes, and the tropical
lowlands
or plains (llanos) of the eastern lowlands, or Oriente.
The Andes
run in two great parallel ranges or cordilleras. The
western
range (Cordillera Occidental) runs along the Peruvian and
Chilean
borders. The eastern range (Cordillera Oriental) is a
broad and
towering system of mountains stretching from Peru to
Argentina.
Between the two ranges lies the Altiplano, a lofty plateau
805
kilometers long and 129 kilometers wide
(see
fig. 4).
Data as of December 1989
