Mogote

Mogotes are hills, isolated or linked, with very steep, almost vertical, walls, surrounded by alluvial plains in the tropics, regardless of whether the carbonate strata in which they have formed are folded or not. Mogotes are common in tropical and subtropical karst areas around the world, specifically in southern China, the Southeast Asian countries of Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam; as well as the Caribbean, especially in Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic (Los Haitises National Park). The word mogote comes from the Basque mokoti 'sharp-pointed' (from moko 'mountain peak'). In Puerto Rico, several mogotes along a ridge are called pepinos. ==Gallery==

USGS hostorical photo mogotes in Puerto Rico.jpg|Mogotes in Puerto Rico rising out of pineapple fields in a plain of blanket sand near Coto Sur. The quarry in the left background is 1 kilometer east of Manati. Vinalesvalley2.jpg|Two mogotes showing their typical rounded shape in Viñales Valley in Pinar del Río Province, western Cuba Mogotes, Northern Matanzas Province in Cuba.jpg|Mogotes, Northern Matanzas Province, near the city of Cárdenas, Cuba Mogotes in Northern Cuba, between Matanzas and Havana Provinces..JPG|Mogotes in Northern Cuba, between Matanzas and Havana Provinces Mogotes 1.jpg|View of mogotes along the Northern karst zone of Puerto Rico. Carreteritas de mi barrio - Hatillo, Puerto Rico - panoramio.jpg|Mogotes in Sector Hess in Esperanza, Arecibo, Puerto Rico. 20090503 6305 Guilin.jpg|Fengcongs and fenglins in Guilin, Guangxi, southeastern China, part of the South China Karst region. Chocolate Hills Bohol.JPG|Aerial view of the Chocolate Hills, Bohol, Philippines, exhibiting both mogotes and cockpit karst characteristics. Ipoh Town (6064053404).jpg|A mogote in Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia. Krabi Panorama.JPG|Mogotes, Krabi Province, southern Thailand. Ha Long Bay 24.jpg|Islets of mogotes in Ha Long Bay, Vietnam. == See also ==