The Cordillera Oriental are parallel mountain ranges of the Bolivia

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Andes

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 emplaced on the eastern and north eastern margin of the Andes. Large parts of Cordillera Oriental are forested and humid areas rich in agricultural and livestock products. Geologically Cordillera Oriental is formed by the Central Andean fold and thrust belt. The cordillera can be divided into three sections that are as follows:

• The northern section is a continuous mountain range like Eslabón, San Buenaventura, Muchane, Pilón, etc. and between its important summits you can find Cerro Astalaya and Cerro Colorado.

• The central section was formed entirely by the Cochabamba
  Cochabamba
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   mountain range, this section crossing the department of Cochabamba forms the Yungas
  Yungas
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   and the Chapare
  Chapare
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  . Its major summits include the Tunari at approximately 5,200 meters and the San Benito with 4,298 meters. It extends from the department of Santa Cruz
  Santa Cruz Department
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  , forming the isolated mountain ranges like Mataracu, San Rafael, Las Juntas, Los Volcanes, these all ending in Amboró National Park
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• The southern section starts north of Chuquisaca
  Chuquisaca Department
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   with the Presto mountain range and ending in the Caiza and Capirenda mountain ranges in Gran Chaco
  Gran Chaco
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   province in the department of Tarija
  Tarija Department
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  . The easternmost range of the southern section and the Bolivian Andes is Serranía del Aguaragüe
  Serranía del Aguaragüe
  Serranía del Aguaragüe is the easternmost range of Bolivia's Cordillera Oriental. Serranía del Aguaragüe streches out in a north-south fashion from the latitude of crossing the Bolivian departments of Tarija, Chuquisaca and Santa Cruz. Geologically it corresponds to the thrust front where the Andes...
  
  . The southern section does not contain representative summits.

See also

• Cordillera Central (Bolivia)
• Cordillera Occidental (Bolivia)
• Cordillera Oriental
  Cordillera Oriental
  Cordillera Oriental from the Spanish language meaning "Eastern range" may refer to:* Cordillera Oriental * Cordillera Oriental * Cordillera Oriental * Cordillera Oriental -See also:...