Rio Minho | |
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Location | |
Country | Jamaica |
Parish | Clarendon |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Mocho Mountains which are in the Western and North Western part of Clarendon |
• elevation | approx., 706 meters (2,300 ft.) |
Mouth | |
• location | Portland Point in Clarendon |
• elevation | 3 m. (9 ft) |
Length | 92.8 km (57.7 mi) |
Basin size | 1,700 km2 (660 sq mi) |
Discharge | |
• average | 150 cm3 per sec. (5,300 cu ft3) |
The Rio Minho is the longest river in Jamaica at 92.8 kilometres (57.7 mi).[1] It rises close to the island's geographic centre, flows generally south-southwest and reaches the Caribbean Sea at Carlisle Bay in the central south coast, to the west of the island's southernmost point, Portland Point.[2]
The town of May Pen, Clarendon lies on the banks of the river.