»Cordillera Central
The Cordillera Central is the highest mountain range in the Dominican Republic and in all of the West Indies. Connected to the Massif du Nord in Haiti, it gradually bends southwards and finishes near the town of San Cristobel on the Caribbean coastal plains. Because of its altitude, cool temperature, and scenic vistas, the Cordillera Central is also known as the "Dominican Alps"
»Cordillera de Talamanca
Rising into the clouds on the continental divide is the Talamanca mountain range, home to the montage rain forest, or cloud forest.
»Cordillera Isabelia
Cordillera Isabelia or Cordillera Isabella is the central mountain range in Nicaragua; it runs from north-west to south-east through the center of the country.
»Maya Mountains
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 centers, such as Lubaantun on the mountains’ southeastern periphery, deserted behind them.
»Sierra de Bahoruco
Baoruco also spelled 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
The western half of Panama is dominated by a single mountain range known as the Serranía de Tabasará. More than 6,500 feet (1,980 meters) high near the Costa Rican border, it descends to less than 1,000 feet (300 meters) in the vicinity of the Panama Canal. The range is crested by several volcanoes, the highest being Barú (formerly known as Chiriquí)
»Sierra Maestra
Sierra Maestra, mountain range, southeastern Cuba. The range extends eastward from Cape Cruz, at the southern shore of the Gulf of Guacanayabo, to the Guantánamo River valley. The heavily wooded mountains rise sharply from the Caribbean coast, culminating in Turquino Peak, Cuba’s highest peak, 6,470 feet (1,972 m) above sea level. The Sierra Maestra’s slopes yield mahogany, cedar, ebony, and other hardwoods and are used for coffee growing. Deposits of copper, iron, manganese, silver, chromium, asphalt, and marble are found in the mountains.
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