Sierra Madres: Sierra Madres embrace two main ranges, and one smaller one. The Sierra Madre Occidental runs parallel to Mexico’s Pacific Ocean shoreline, with a number of peaks exceeding 10,000 ft. (3,034 meters) The Sierra Madre Oriental runs parallel to its Gulf of Mexico shoreline, with a number of mountains reaching 10,000 ft. (3,034 meters)The Sierra Madre del Sur vary is situated within the southern Mexican states of Guerrero and Oaxaca.

Sierra Madres, and mountains of the Caribbean and Central America: The Sierra Madres additionally lengthen southeast into most of the Central America nations, with most being rainforest-covered volcanos.

Extra mountain ranges in Central America and the Caribbean embrace:

• Cordillera Central (Dominican Republic)
• Cordillera de Talamanca (Costa Rica)
• Cordillera Isabelia (Honduras/Nicaragua)
• Maya Mountains (Belize)
• Sierra de Bahoruco (Haiti)
• Serrania de Tabasara (Panama)
• Sierra Maestra (Cuba)

Sierra Nevada:

This mountain vary of jap California is about 400 miles in size. The very best level is

Mt. Whitney

at 14,494 ft. (4,418 meters).

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