Cordillera Central:
Cordillera Central starts at west of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic cap). It extends northwest to the Haitian border, from it flows three rivers: the Yuna, the Yaque del Norte, and the Yaque del Sur. The structurally complex range has a top between 5,000 and 8,000 feet (1,500 and 2,400 m ), with several isolated higher peaks. Duarte Peak, originally known as Mount Loma Tina and then as Trujillo Peak, to 10,417 feet (3,175 m ); it is thus the highest peak in the West Indies. The rugged, heavily forested slopes of the cordillera have defied all but a few attempts to build through highways.
Cordillera de Talamanca:
It is the complex and the highest mountain range in Costa Rica. It extends from Routh of San José (cerros de La Carpintera ) to Panama there is called Chiriqui Mountain Range. Some of the highest mountains of America Central are found in Costa Rica : Cerro Bellavista (Cerro de la Muerte ), Cerro Echandi, Cerro Kamuk , Cerro Las Vueltas and the highest Cerro chirripo(3820 m ).
Cordillera Isabelia:
The cordillera Isabelia is made up generally of valleys separated by low but rugged mountains and many volcanoes. This 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 are range of hills mostly in southern Belize, extending about 70 miles (115 km ) northeast across the Guatemalan border into central Belize. The range falls in group 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 , deserted behind them.
Sierra de Bahoruco:
Sierra de Bahoruco is located in Haití and Dominican Republic. In these mountains are mountains over 2,000 meters . The tallest mountain on the Dominican side is the Loma del Toro, near the border with Haiti, which has a height of 2.367 meters . The sierra has a length of about 70 kms northwest to southeast, covering about 2,400 km , being framed within the provinces of Independencia, Pedernales and Barahona.
Serrania de Tabasara:
The western half of Panama is dominated by a single mountain range known as the Serrania de Tabasara. 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 is a mountain range, southeastern Cuba. The range extends eastward from Cape Cruz, at 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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