Geography
The Sierra Madre is the longest mountain range in the Philippines. The range starts in the north in the province of Cagayan and ends in the south in the province of Quezon, just east of Laguna de Bay. To the west as it reaches the province of Nueva Vizcaya to form the Caraballo Mountains, with which it connects with the Cordillera Central range.
The range's highest point is unclear, and several peaks claim this title. Mount Anacuao (Aurora) stands at 6,069 feet (1,850 m), while Mount Cetaceo (Cagayan) is of similar altitude. However, an expedition in April 2012 to Mount Bintuod (Nueva Vizcaya) preliminarily measured an altitude of 1,935 m on the summit. Ecoregions in the range are in the Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests (lower) and Tropical and subtropical coniferous forests (higher) biomes.
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