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‖ altiplano|æltɪˈplɑːnəʊ|
Also Alti-.
[Sp., f. alto high (f. L. altus) + plano flat (f. L. plānus).]
The high tableland between the Western and Eastern Cordilleras of the Andes, extending some 200,000 km2 from Peru through Bolivia to Argentina.
1914B. Miall tr. Walle's Bolivia ii. 45 Those who should judge Bolivia only by the altoplano [sic]..would form a melancholy idea of the country. 1921G. McC. McBride Agrarian Indian Communities Highland Bolivia 1 Bolivia consists of three great natural divisions: the eastern lowland; the long valleys reaching westward..and the highland plateau, or altiplano, and its bordering ranges. 1939Trans. Linn. Soc. I. 27 The Altiplano forms a trough of undulating ground 3600 to 4200 metres above the sea. 1957K. A. Wittfogel Oriental Despotism iii. 56 Cuzco, the capital of the altiplano. 1966Economist 2 Apr. 33 The old boiler plates piled before the doors to keep the piercing altiplano wind from reaching families of nine sharing two beds in one room. 1978Nature 6 Apr. 486/2 The average yield is about 800 to 1,000kg per ha on the altiplano. |