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  1. A group of mountain ranges and
  2. their valleys, all running in a specific
  3. direction, formed by the continued
  4. convergence of two tectonic plates along a
  5. line. The whole western section of North
  6. America, including the Rocky Mountains and
  7. the coastal ranges parallel to the contact
  8. between the North American and the Pacific
  9. plates, is called the Western Cordillera.
  10.