Massif du Nord

The topic Massif du Nord is discussed in the following articles:

Dominican Republic

  • TITLE: Dominican Republic
    SECTION: Relief, drainage, and soils


  • TITLE: Haiti
    SECTION: Relief and drainage
    The second major range, Haiti’s Massif du Nord (“Northern Massif”), is a series of parallel chains known in the Dominican Republic as the Cordillera Central. It has an average elevation of some 4,000 feet (1,200 metres). The Citadel (Citadelle Laferrière), a fortress built by Haitian ruler Henry Christophe in the early 19th century, stands atop one of the peaks overlooking...