Puerto Rico is located 1000 miles southeast of Miami. The island measures at exactly 110 miles west to east and 35 miles north to south. The island's environment (or geography) ranges from palm-lined beaches on 272 miles of Atlantic and Caribbean coastlines to rugged mountain ranges and, rolling hills and some desert dry areas There are 20 forest reserve areas in the island. Cerro de Punta is the highest elevation at 4389 ft. Cordillera--the towering mountains that rise above the central region as the high part of a chain of mountains whose mass is mostly submerged under the sea. These mountains form a dramatic relief in Puerto Rico. If the base of this mountain chain were at sea level, it would be one of the largest land masses in the
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