The Cordillera de Talinay is a mountain range situated in the

Coquimbo Region The Coquimbo Region ( es, Región de Coquimbo, ) is one of Chile's 16 regions (first order administrative divisions). It is bordered by Atacama to the north, Valparaíso to the south, Argentina to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. ...

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. The range consists of a series of hills and foothills spreading more than 40 km in a north–south direction from the coast, but which descend to meet the Limari river as it crosses Chile's

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(''Depresión Intermedia'' or ''Valle Longitudinal'' (longitudinal valley)). On Talinay mountain slopes can be found the city of

Ovalle Ovalle is a city in the Coquimbo Region of Chile, founded in 1831 as a settlement. It has a population of more than 113,000 people. The name Ovalle was chosen to honor to Chile's vice-president, José Tomás Ovalle. Ovalle is the capital of the ...

, capital of the Province of Limarí, several rich copper mines, such as the mine of Tamaya, and the Forest of Fray Jorge National Park ('' Parque Nacional Bosque Fray Jorge''), which has been declared a

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. The Talinay's heights do not generally reach above 600 meters, although there exist certain exceptions, such as the "Guanaqueros Hill" (''Cerro Guanaqueros'') which is considerably taller than average.

References

*Gotolatin (TM) 2000
Bosque Fray Jorge National Park
Retrieved March 25, 2006.

External links

Satellite picture of South America showing the location of the Talinay mountain range

CONAF's webpage providing details on the Forest of Fray Jorge National Park
Landforms of Coquimbo Region Talinay {{Coquimbo-geo-stub