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SIZE Cordillera Negra extends over an area about 180 km long and 25-40 km wide, stretching in a NNW - SSE direction parallel to the Pacific coast, its ridge circa 60 km from the coastline. It is part of the Andean Sierra which inland borders on the Costa , the narrow strip of coastal deserts along the South America n coast. ''Cordillera Negra'' rises to an elevation of 5,187 m with Pico Rocarre , 5,020 m with Rumi Cruz , 5,006 m with Senal Cerro Rico at and 4,988 m with Cerro Huancapeti at with the highest pass road of ''Cordillera Negra'', "Huancapeti Pass", at 4,680 m above Sea Level . LOCATION In the north and east the cordillera is bordered by Río Santa which crosses the coastal ridge at 8° 45' S and runs parallel to the Cordillera Negra for almost all its length. In the south the cordillera is bordered by Río Pativilca at 10° 30'. In the cordillera's central part near Huaráz , Río Casma breaks through the cordillera's ridge. Río Santa separates ''Cordillera Negra'' from Cordillera Blanca , a snow-covered range rising up to 6,768 m in the east. ''Cordillera Negra'' for most of the year has no snow although it rises to 5,000 m in its highest parts. ''Cordillera Negra'' intercepts the warmth from the coast, causing the line of perpetual snow sinking as low as 5,100 m in the ''Cordillera Blanca''. POPULATION ''Cordillera Negra'' as well as ''Cordillera Blanca'' almost 100% are situated in the Peruvian Ancash Region . In the 1960s, Cueva Del Guitarrero (Guitarrero Cave) was discovered on the northern edges of ''Cordillera Negra'', a cave containing bones of Mastodon and Llama and suggesting human occupation as far back as 10,950 to 10,230 BC. Today, ''Cordillera Negra'' is sparsely inhabited by mainly native Indian population growing Wheat , Maize and Oats at an elevation of well above 4,000 m. The cordillera is rich in mineral resources like Gold , Silver and Copper . |
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