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The Cordillera de la Costa Central is a range of the
Venezuelan Coastal Range
The Venezuelan Coastal Range ( es, Cordillera de la Costa or ), also known as Venezuelan Caribbean Mountain System ( es, Sistema Montañoso Caribe) is a mountain range system and one of the eight natural regions of Venezuela, that runs along the c ...
s System (''Cordillera de la Costa''), in northern
Venezuela
Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...
.
Geography
The
mountain range
A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills arranged in a line and connected by high ground. A mountain system or mountain belt is a group of mountain ranges with similarity in form, structure, and alignment that have arise ...
runs east— west along the northern
Caribbean Sea
The Caribbean Sea ( es, Mar Caribe; french: Mer des Caraïbes; ht, Lanmè Karayib; jam, Kiaribiyan Sii; nl, Caraïbische Zee; pap, Laman Karibe) is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean in the tropics of the Western Hemisphere. It is bounded by Mexico ...
coast. It is also known as the Central Range.
In the east the Cordillera de la Costa Central follow the border between the states of
Vargas and
Miranda. They then pass through the states of
Aragua
Aragua State ( es, Estado Aragua, ) is one of the 23 states of Venezuela. It is located in the north-central region of Venezuela. It has plains and jungles and Caribbean beaches. The most popular are Cata and Choroni. It has Venezuela's first n ...
and
Carabobo, and the eastern part of the state of
Yaracuy
Yaracuy State ( es, link=no, Estado Yaracuy, ;) is one of the 23 states of Venezuela. It is bordered by Falcón in the north, in the west by Lara, in the south by Portuguesa and Cojedes and in the east by Cojedes and Carabobo.
Its geograp ...
, and they terminate south of the
Yaracuy river
The Yaracuy River is a river of Venezuela. It drains into the Caribbean Sea.
See also
*List of rivers of Venezuela
This is a list of rivers in Venezuela.
By drainage basin
This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries ind ...
in the northern part of the state of
Cojedes.
Ecology
Between , the mountains are covered by montane
evergreen forest
An evergreen forest is a forest made up of evergreen trees. They occur across a wide range of climatic zones, and include trees such as conifers and holly in cold climates, eucalyptus, Live oak, acacias, magnolia, and banksia in more temperate zo ...
s and
Cordillera de la Costa montane forests
The Cordillera de la Costa montane forests is a montane ecoregion of the tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests biome, in the Venezuelan Coastal Range (''Cordillera de la Costa'') on the Caribbean Sea in northern Venezuela.
Location
The ...
(ecoregion).
The range forms part of an
Endemic Bird Area, as designated by
Birdlife International.
Venezuelan Coastal Range
Mountain ranges of Venezuela
Mountain ranges of the Andes
Geography of Aragua
Geography of Cojedes (state)
Geography of Carabobo
Geography of Miranda (state)
Geography of Vargas (state)
Geography of Yaracuy
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