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Central Volcanic Mountain Range Forest Reserve (Spanish: Reserva Forestal Cordillera Volcánica Central), is a protected area in Costa Rica, managed under the Central Conservation Area, it was created in 1975 by decree 4961-A. [1] [2]
The Sierra de Cayey (English: "Cayey Mountains") is one of three subranges of the Cordillera Central mountain range in the main island of Puerto Rico.It is demarcated from the eponymous main subrange of Cordillera Central by the San Cristóbal Canyon on the town boundary between the municipalities of Barranquitas and Aibonito.
The Ruta Panorámica (Scenic Route), officially the Ruta Panorámica Luis Muñoz Marín (Luis Muñoz Marín Scenic Route), is a 167-mile (269 km) network of some 40 secondary roads which traverse the island of Puerto Rico from west to east along its Cordillera Central (Central Mountain Range).
It is separated from Cordillera de Tilarán by Balsa River and Platanar and Zarcero hills. The Cordillera Central is part of the American Cordillera, a chain of mountain ranges (cordillera) that consists of an almost continuous sequence of mountain ranges that form the western "backbone" of North America, Central America, South America and ...
Cordillera; Cordillera Central (Colombia) Cordillera Central (Costa Rica) Cordillera Central (Luzon) Cordillera Central (Puerto Rico) Cordillera Central, Dominican Republic; Cordillera de Mérida; Cordillera Occidental (Colombia) Cordillera Oriental (Colombia)
Topographic map of Puerto Rico showing the Cordillera Central and its two major subranges. The Puerto Rico Central Mountain Range or Cordillera Central is considered the largest of the three geographical and physiographic provinces of the island, along with the Karst regions and the coastal plains. [2]
Central Conservation Area (Spanish: Área de Conservación Central (ACC)), is an administrative area which is managed by SINAC for the purposes of conservation in the central part of Costa Rica, notably the volcanic areas of the Cordillera Central. It contains six National Parks, several wildlife refuges and other types of nature reserves. [1]
It is part of the Cordillera Central range, which extends from the plains between San Cristóbal and Baní to the northwestern peninsula of Haiti, where it is known as the Massif du Nord. The highest elevations of the Cordillera Central are found in the Pico Duarte and Valle Nuevo massifs.