Mountain Ranges in Pinar del Rio
Cuba is mainly a flat country in the regions Westerner and central, around 75% of the surface of country is formed by plains that alternate with 3 mountain ranges located in the occident, center and east of the island. These plains are generally quite plane or lightly wavy, they have an altitude below 100 meters on the level of the sea and most population and economic activities redide here on the planes. Only naturally preserved planes are Cienaga de Zapata (Marsh of Zapata) in Matanzas, and Peninsule of Guanahacabibes, in Pinar del Rio.
The mountain ranges mentioned are three:
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Sierra of Guaniguanico, in Pinar del Rio province. It is formed by the Sierra of Organs in their western part and Sierra del Rosario in the oriental.The total longitude in the axis SW-NE is 150 km and a width between 10 and 30 km. Theare are a lot of beautifull landscapes and many tourist attractiveness.
Sierra de los Organos is conformed by slate-like heights of up to 400 meters of altitude and covered with pinegroves in a large part of their extension and mountains and mogotes of calcareous rock with heights between 200 and 500 meters and that alternate with interiors valleys many of them of great beauty like Viñales, worldwide well-known.
La Sierra del Rosario, has an altitude average between 300 and 700 meters, the maximum altitude is reached in Pan de Guajaibon with 702 meters and here alternating a vegetation of pinegroves and trees of leaves wide, included beautiful wood, with areas of grasses and coffee plantations. There are narrows canyons with very beautiful views among the mountains.Sierra del Rosario is a natural paradise with a lot of scenarios to natural and ecological tourism.