Cordillera del Piuchén
Cordillera del Piuchén is one of the two mountain ranges located on Chiloé Island, in southern Chile. It is located along the Pacific Coast, and is part of the Chilean Coast Range System.
| Cordillera del Piuchén | |
|---|---|
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| Geography | |
| Country | Chile |
| Province | Chiloé |
| Region | Los Lagos |
| Parent range | Chilean Coast Range |
Its northern boundary is the Chacao Channel, while to the south it is separated from the Pirulil Range by Cucao Lake.
The vegetation in the uplands of Cordillera del Piuchén is made up of Magellanic moorland.[1][2]
References
- Villagrán, Carolina (1988). "Expansion of Magelianic Moorland during the Late Pleistocene: Palynological Evidence from Northern isla de Chiloé, Chile". Quaternary Research. 30: 304–314.
- Ramírez, Carlos; San Martin, Cristina; Vidal, Osvaldo; Pérez, Yéssica; Valenzuela, Jorge; Solís, José-Luís; Toledo, Gisela (2014). "Tundra Subantártica en la Isla Grande de Chiloé, Chile: Flora y vegetación turbosa de campañas" [Subantarctic Tundra in Chiloé Island, Chile: Flora and vegetation of "Campañas" peat bogs]. Anales del Instituto de la Patagonia (in Spanish). 42 (2). doi:10.4067/S0718-686X2014000200002. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
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