. A geological reconnaissance of the Dominican republic . of about 290 meters above sealevel. Its grades are among the steepest on the Bonao trail, the descenton the northwestern side to the Vega Real being especially abrupt. TheCarretera Duarte avoids this mountain by making a detour down the valleyof Rio Jima. At El Pino, near the foot of Loma Miranda, the trail joinsthe Carretera Duarte and follows the nearly level floor of the Vega Realto Concepci6n de La Vega. SIERRA DE OCOA. The name Sierra de Ocoa is applied to the part of the Cordillera Centralthat lies south of Rio de las Cuevas and w
. A geological reconnaissance of the Dominican republic . of about 290 meters above sealevel. Its grades are among the steepest on the Bonao trail, the descenton the northwestern side to the Vega Real being especially abrupt. TheCarretera Duarte avoids this mountain by making a detour down the valleyof Rio Jima. At El Pino, near the foot of Loma Miranda, the trail joinsthe Carretera Duarte and follows the nearly level floor of the Vega Realto Concepci6n de La Vega. SIERRA DE OCOA. The name Sierra de Ocoa is applied to the part of the Cordillera Centralthat lies south of Rio de las Cuevas and west of Rio Nizao. This region iswell watered, presenting a striking contrast to the thirsty plains of Azuathat adjoin it on the south. In the midst of the mountains is the thicklysettled, fertile, terraced valley of Rio Ocoa, which drains almost the entireregion and passes southward out of it through a gorge extending from SanJose de Ocoa to Los Ranchitos, near which it emerges upon the plain. DOMINICAN REPUBLICGeological Survey Memoirs, Vol. I, Pl. IV. A. VEGA REAL, SABANA LLANA NEAR EL HIGO GORDO, PROVINCE OF LA VEGA, WITHTHE FOOTHILLS OF THE CORDILLERA CENTRAL IN THE DISTANCE.
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