Major Landforms of America Central and the Caribbean

Cordillera Central

At first it was a chain of volcanoes, for what it is composed by materials of volcanic origin.

This mountain chain projects in the direction northwest - southeast; departing from the peninsula of Saint Nicholas, in Haiti (with the name Massif du Nord "Clump of the North "), it spreads in Dominican territory from Restoration and Cabrera's Hill up to Baní's mediations and St Kitts.(in Dominican with a length of 200 km and a width of 100 km).


Cordillera de Talamanca

Talamanca's mountain chain that gets up on the clouds in the continental division is the home of the rainy forest of mountain or cloudy forest.

The Cordillera Talamanca spreads from the South part of the Valle Central and continues in territory of the Republic of Panama.
The vegetation is from humid forest, where the pine is outlined. The deforestation has given step to the cultures of: Coffee, cocoa, cattle pasture and minor fruits. 



Cordillera Isabelia
The Cordillera Isabelia or Cordillera Isabella is the northern part of the central mountain range in Nicaragua, which runs from north-west to south-east through the center of the country. The Cordillera Isabelia reaches an elevation of more than 2100 m, its highest point is Pico Mogoton, on the border with Honduras, at 2107 m; and continues through to the Cordillera Chontaleña. Many of the mountains are forested, with deep valleys between.


Maya Mountains

The Maya Mountains are a mountain range in Belize and eastern Guatemala. The highest peaks are Doyle's Delight at 1,124 metres and Victoria Peak at 1,120 metres. The Maya Mountains and associated foothills contain a number of important Mayanruins including the sites of Lubaantun, Nim

Li Punit, Cahal Pech, and Chaa Creek; the most eminent nature reserve within the range is the Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary


Sierra de Bahoruco
The Sierra de Bahoruco represents the oriental end of the plunged mountain chain that departs from the Central America, happens for Jamaica, crosses the Channel of the Wind and emerges in Haiti, forming the Massif de la Hotte and Massif of Her Seals. 
In general sense, Sierra de Bahoruco is depopulated, because his relief is abrupt. In Sierra Bahoruco we find mountains of more than 2,000 meters of height. The mountain of major height in the Dominican side is the Hill of the Bull, near the border with Haiti, and that has a height of 2,367 meters.

Serranía de Tabasara

The western half of Panama is dominated by a 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 (known as Chiriquí).




Sierra Maestra

The Sierra Maestra is a mountainous chain in the region south oriental of Cuba principally in Granma's provinces and Santiago de Cuba. His higher elevation is the Beak Turquino with 1.974 meters on the level of the sea which places in the heart of the Sierra Maestra. The Sierra Maestra constitutes in the major mountain chain of the country with form of a green bastion that borders on the south oriental coast of Cuba from End Cross up to Maisí's Top, takes 250 km from length as 60 of width. Sierra Maestra is one of the most majestic natural scenes of whole Cuba.




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Sources used to write the post

SunCaribbean. Consultado en junio 18, 2011 en http://www.suncaribbean.net/rd_geografia_cordillera_central.htm



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