Ravine Rozette

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Ravine Rozette
Data
location St. Lucia
River system Ravine Rozette
Source height 200  m
muzzle at Vieux Fort in the Atlantic Coordinates: 13 ° 43 ′ 50 ″  N , 60 ° 58 ′ 7 ″  W 13 ° 43 ′ 50 ″  N , 60 ° 58 ′ 7 ″  W
Mouth height m
Height difference 200 m

The Ravine Rozette ( Eng .: Gorge Rozette, also: Vieux Fort River ) is a river on the Caribbean island of St. Lucia .

geography

The river has its source in the highlands to the north of the southernmost quarter, Vieux Fort, and runs south. It runs through the area La Ressource and La Tourney and originally flowed into the Atlantic Ocean directly at the center of Vieux Fort as the southernmost river of St. Lucia in the Vieux Fort Bay , which is open to the west . For Hewanorra International Airport , it was moved further west along the runway.

The neighboring rivers are the Canelles in the northeast and the Ravine Languedoc in the west.

literature

  • Geography of the world - an encyclopedia , Bechtermünz Verlag, 1997, page 92, ISBN 3-86047-603-3