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MIGHTY MOUNTAINS OF CORDILLERA ⛰️
Aside from the Sierra Madre, another mountain range formed by the Pacific plate is the Cordillera Mountain Range which extends 300 kilometers in length and 90 kilometers in width. It runs along the western side of Luzon, reaching maximum elevations of about 3,000 meters.
These Mountain Ranges limit the re-intensification of the typhoons emerging from land and moving westward over the West Philippine Sea.
Cordillera at its summit reduces wind exposure to up to 10%. Cordillera Mountain Ranges also show a higher weakening effect in terms of accumulated Tropical Cyclone wind-field energy for Cagayan Valley and in the western and Central Luzon where it can reduce AWE from 8% to 30%.
source: Earth Journalism Network
Aside from the Sierra Madre, another mountain range formed by the Pacific plate is the Cordillera Mountain Range which extends 300 kilometers in length and 90 kilometers in width. It runs along the western side of Luzon, reaching maximum elevations of about 3,000 meters.
These Mountain Ranges limit the re-intensification of the typhoons emerging from land and moving westward over the West Philippine Sea.
Cordillera at its summit reduces wind exposure to up to 10%. Cordillera Mountain Ranges also show a higher weakening effect in terms of accumulated Tropical Cyclone wind-field energy for Cagayan Valley and in the western and Central Luzon where it can reduce AWE from 8% to 30%.
source: Earth Journalism Network
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