The Cordillera Septentrional is a mountain range that runs parallel to the north coast of the

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, with extensions to the northwest as Tortuga island in

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, and to the southeast through lowlands to where it rises as the Sierra de Samaná on the Samaná Peninsula. The range's highest point is Diego de Ocampo mountain at , located near

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in Santiago Province. There are several small plains between the range and the

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coastline. Rivers have short courses in the range, and most of them flow to the north into the Atlantic.

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Mountain ranges of the Dominican Republic Geography of Duarte Province Geography of Espaillat Province Geography of Hermanas Mirabal Province Geography of María Trinidad Sánchez Province Geography of Monte Cristi Province Geography of Puerto Plata Province Geography of Santiago Province (Dominican Republic) Geography of Valverde Province {{DominicanRepublic-geo-stub