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

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island in the

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, situated between the

Cordillera Central Central Cordillera refers to the New Guinea Highlands. Cordillera Central, meaning ''central range'' in Spanish, may refer to the following mountain ranges: * Cordillera Central, Andes (disambiguation), several mountain ranges in South America ** ...

and Sierra Madre mountain ranges. The mountains serve as the location of the

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of the

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, 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 The Pantabangan–Carranglan Watershed Forest Reserve is a conservation area located in the upper reaches of the Pampanga River in Nueva Ecija, Philippines, and borders the Sierra Madre and Caraballo Mountains in Aurora and Nueva Vizcaya. It en ...

Transportation

The Caraballo Mountains can be reached by the Pangasinan-Nueva Ecija Road, taking one and a half hours to travel from the Downtown of San Nicolas.

Economy

Tourism

The Caraballo Mountains gained tourists because of the attractions and waterfalls that the Mountain Range offers. The mountains have 100–500 people going to the range each day.

Farming

Residents have their own backyard gardens, where they plant vegetables, which they sell in a nearby Public Market.

Gallery

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

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File:DaltonPassjf6256 31.JPG, Another view overlooking

References

External links

* Mountain ranges of the Philippines Landforms of Nueva Vizcaya Landforms of Quirino Landforms of Nueva Ecija {{Philippines-geo-stub