The Caraballo Mountains is a mountain range in the central part of

Luzon Luzon (; ) is the largest and most populous island in the Philippines. Located in the northern portion of the Philippines archipelago, it is the economic and political center of the nation, being home to the country's capital city, Manila, as ...

island in the

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, situated between the Cordillera Central and

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mountain ranges. The mountains serve as the location of the headwaters of the

Cagayan River The Cagayan River, also known as the Río Grande de Cagayán, is the longest river and the largest river by discharge volume of water in the Philippines. It has a total length of approximately and a drainage basin covering . It is located in t ...

, the longest in the country. Several portions of the mountain range are protected under the National Integrated Protected Areas System, including the Casecnan Protected Landscape and the Pantabangan–Carranglan Watershed Forest Reserve.

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File:FvfDupaxdelSur9632 18.JPG, A section of the range at Dupax del Sur File:DaltonPassjf6256 35.JPG,

Dalton Pass Dalton Pass, also called Balete Pass, is a zigzag road and mountain pass that joins the provinces of Nueva Ecija and Nueva Vizcaya, in central Luzon island of the Philippines. It is part of Cagayan Valley Road segment of Pan-Philippine Highway ( ...

in Santa Fe File:Uminganjf5391 05.JPG, Another view from the fields of eastern Pangasinan File:DaltonPassjf6256 31.JPG, Another view overlooking Dalton Pass

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