French River (St. Kitts)

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French River
Data
location Trinity Palmetto Point , St. Kitts , St. Kitts and Nevis
River system French River
muzzle In Camp Bay coordinates: 17 ° 17 ′ 35 "  N , 62 ° 45 ′ 36"  W 17 ° 17 ′ 35 "  N , 62 ° 45 ′ 36"  W.
Mouth height m

Communities Trinity Palmetto Point

French River (also: Frontier Gut ) is a so-called ghaut ( gut ), an ephemeral body of water similar to a Fiumara , in St. Kitts , in the Caribbean island state of St. Kitts and Nevis .

geography

The river has its source in the South East Range to the south of St. Kitts, high on the slopes of Olivees Mountain . It used to mark the border between French and English settlement areas and its mouth forms the west end of Camp Bay , where the campus of the Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine is also located in Saint Thomas Middle Island .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Frontier and French River at geonames.org.