Major landforms of America Central and the Caribbean

Cordillera Central

The Cordillera Central is the largest of the five mountain ranges of the Dominican Republic. Has the highest peaks in the country and the highest in the Caribbean (Pico Duarte, 3087 m), stretches from the plains between San Cristobal and Bani to the Northwest of Haiti where it is known as the "Massif du Nord." The highest peaks of the Cordillera Central are in the mountains of Pico Duarte and Valle Nuevo.

Cordillera de Talamanca

Cordillera de Talamanca,  range in southern Costa Rica, extending to the border with western Panama. Its highest peak, Chirripó Grande, rises to 12,530 feet (3,819 metres). Poor transportation facilities limit access to the Talamanca region, where several national parks and Indian reservations are located, including Chirripó National Park. The Cordillera de Talamanca and La Amistad (Friendship) National Park, adjoining Panama, have been designated a UNESCO World Heritage site, the first binational biosphere reserve. The two parks comprise about 900 square miles (2,400 square km) of land.

Cordillera Isabelia

Is made up generally of valleys separated by low but rugged mountains and many volcanoes. This intricately dissected region includes the Cordillera Entre Ríos, on the Honduras border; the Cordilleras Isabelia and Dariense, in the north-central area; and the Huapí, Amerrique, and Yolaina mountains, in the southeast. The mountains are highest in the north, and Mogotón Peak...

Maya Mountains

Maya Mountains, Spanish Montañas Mayas, range of hills mostly in southern Belize, extending about 70 miles (115 km) northeastward from across the Guatemalan border into central Belize. The range falls abruptly to the coastal plain to the east and north but more gradually to the west, becoming the Vaca Plateau, which extends into eastern Guatemala. Both the range and the plateau are extensively dissected and of uniform elevation throughout, the highest point being reached at Victoria Peak (3,680 feet [1,122 m]) in the transverse Cockscomb Range, which extends seaward perpendicularly from the main divide. The mountains take their name from the Maya people, who retreated into the mountains before the Spaniards, leaving great centres, such as Lubaantun on the mountains’ southeastern periphery, deserted behind them.

Sierra de Bahoruco

mountain range in the southwestern part of the Dominican Republic. It extends about 50 mi (80 km) east from the Haitian border to the Caribbean Sea and lies parallel to the Cordillera Central. Its highest peak is 5,348 ft (1,630 m). Straddling the Haitian border, the range is known there as Massif de la Selle.

Serranía de Tabasara

Serrania de Tabasara, with a latitude of 8.55 (8° 33' 0 N) and a longitude of -81.67 (81° 40' 0 W), is a hypsographic (mountains) located in Panama that is a part of Central America.
The location is situated 190 kilometers west (255°) of the approximate center of Panama and 239 kilometers west (259°) of the captial Panama City.
A 100 square kilometer area around Serrania de Tabasara has an aproximate population of 180497 (0.001805 persons per square meter) and an average elevation of 286 meters above sea levels.

Sierra Maestra

The Sierra Maestra is Cuba's largest mountain range, and a symbolic point of reference for the Cuban nation, since the area served as refuge and campground to Cuban rebels dating back to Hatuey (killed in 1511), three wars of independence against Spain in the1800's, and a revolutionary war against Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista.

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