The Sierra de Luquillo (English: "Luquillo Mountains") is a steep-sided, high-precipitation, and deeply-forested subrange of the Cordillera Central mountain...
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Luquillo is spread over 5 barrios and Luquillo Pueblo (the downtown area and the administrative center of the city). It lends its name to the Sierra de...
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El Yunque National Forest (redirect from Luquillo National Forest)
Service. El Yunque National Forest is located on the slopes of the Sierra de Luquillo mountains, encompassing more than 28,000 acres (43.753 mi2 or 113...
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bull) is 3,526 feet (1,075 m) high and is the highest peak in the Sierra de Luquillo mountains in eastern Puerto Rico. The peak is located in the boundaries...
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center, the Sierra de Cayey in the southeast, and the Sierra de Luquillo in the northeast. The highest elevation point in Puerto Rico, Cerro de Punta (4...
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peak of the east) is a mountain peak in the southern portion of the Sierra de Luquillo, located on the boundary between the municipalities of Ceiba and Naguabo...
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northeastern Puerto Rico. The experimental forest is located in the Sierra de Luquillo some 50 km (30 mi) east of San Juan, the capital of the island. It...
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feet) above sea level is not the highest in Puerto Rico or even the Sierra de Luquillo range where it is located. It is however the most famous peak due...
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the central Cordillera Central, the southeastern Sierra de Cayey, and the northeastern Sierra de Luquillo. Bordered by the extensive Northern Karst Belt...
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Caguas Valley (redirect from Valle de Caguas)
between two mountain subranges of the Cordillera Central, Sierra de Cayey and Sierra de Luquillo, in the eastern region of the main island of Puerto Rico...
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the Sierra de Luquillo in northeastern Puerto Rico, the Cayey mountain range is the smaller subrange of the Cordillera Central. The Rio Grande de Loíza...
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Cerro de Punta 4,390 feet (1,340 m), is located in this range. Another important peak is El Yunque, one of the highest in the Sierra de Luquillo at the...
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Puerto Rican broad-winged hawk (redirect from Guaragüao de bosque)
Sierra de Cayey, and Sierra de Luquillo. It was federally listed as endangered on September 9, 1994. This species occurs in elfin woodland, sierra palm...
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in the Sierra de Luquillo, the rain was over 25 inches (640 mm), with 29.60 in (752 mm) recorded in Adjuntas. The anemometer located in Puerta de Tierra...
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Eleutherodactylus portoricensis (redirect from Coqui De La Montaña)
Puerto Rican robber frog. The species’ range spans the Luquillo Mountains (Sierra de Luquillo) of northeastern Puerto Rico and the Cordillera Central...
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Mountains) Sierra Bermeja Sierra de Cayey Sierra de Guardarraya Sierra de Jájome Sierra de Luquillo Sierra de Naranjal Puerto Rico portal Geography portal...
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National Forest (formerly known as the Caribbean National Forest) on the Sierra de Luquillo in eastern Puerto Rico. El Toro, named after the highest peak in the...
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north of the Sierra de Luquillo. A large portion of El Yunque National Forest and some of the highest points of the Sierra de Luquillo are located within...
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of mountain ridges that extends from the southwestern end of the Sierra de Luquillo in Gurabo to the northeastern end of the Cordillera Central in Aguas...
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eastern foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains, California El Toro (Sierra de Luquillo), a peak in the El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico Cerro El...
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located immediately to the southeast of El Yunque's main peak in the Sierra de Luquillo. The peak consists of a high ridge made up of several smaller peaks...
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biggest resorts in the Caribbean. El Toro, the highest point in the Sierra de Luquillo, is located in the boundary between the municipalities of Las Piedras...
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Northern Coastal Plain, on the boundary between the karst zone and Sierra de Luquillo, north of Caguas, and Gurabo; southeast of San Juan, and west of Carolina...
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Styrax portoricensis (redirect from Palo de jazmin)
only in the northeastern Luquillo Mountains (Sierra de Luquillo) and the north-central Cayey Mountains (Sierra de Cayey). Palo de jazmín is an evergreen...
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Dominican Republic Sierra de Cayey, Puerto Rico Sierra de Luquillo, Puerto Rico Sierra del Escambray, Cuba Sierra Maestra, Cuba Sierra del Rosario, Cuba...
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periods by being deciduous or semi-deciduous. Montane forests cover the Sierra de Luquillo and the higher peaks of the Cordillera Central. Trees at middle elevations...
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Prinair (redirect from Aerolineas de Ponce)
Fajardo waypoint). Six minutes later the aircraft crashed in the Sierra de Luquillo mountains at an elevation of about 2400 feet; all 19 occupants were...
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Caguas, Puerto Rico (section Valle de Caguas)
Altos de La Mesa and San Luis ranges in the north, the Sierra de Luquillo on the northeast, the San Lorenzo batholith to the east, the Sierra de Cayey...
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recovery funds from the 1928 hurricane were destroyed. Forests along the Sierra de Luquillo were defoliated and exhibited high tree mortality after being lashed...
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Prinair Flight 277 (category Accidents and incidents involving the de Havilland Heron)
-Puerto Rico International Airlines, Inc. de Havilland Heron 114-2, N563PR San Juan, Puerto Rico, Sierra de Luquillo March 5, 1969 (PDF). Washington D.C.:...
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