NEGRA, CORDILLERA

range of the Andes Mountains in west central Peru. It extends for about 110 mi (180 km) southeast from the Santa River and rises to a height of 14,764 ft (4,430 m). The Santa River Valley separates the Cordillera Negra from the Cordillera Blanca, a range of permanently snowcapped mountains to the east. The mountains of the Cordillera Negra are without snow, hence their name, meaning black.