Rio Minho (Jamaica)

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Rio Minho
Course of the Rio Minho

Course of the Rio Minho

Data
location Clarendon Parish ( Jamaica )
River system Rio Minho
Drain over Rio Minho  → Caribbean Sea
source in the interior of the island
18 ° 9 ′ 20 ″  N , 77 ° 22 ′ 22 ″  W
muzzle in the Caribbean Sea on the south coast of Jamaica Coordinates: 17 ° 46 ′ 43 ″  N , 77 ° 17 ′ 13 ″  W 17 ° 46 ′ 43 ″  N , 77 ° 17 ′ 13 ″  W
Mouth height 0  m

length 92.5 km
Catchment area 1700 km²
Medium-sized cities May Pen

The Rio Minho is the longest river in Jamaica with a length of 92.5 kilometers .

It rises in the interior of the island and runs through Clarendon Parish in a southerly direction before flowing into Carlisle Bay and the Caribbean . The 1700 square kilometer catchment area is separated to the west by the Clarendon watershed from that of the Black River .

The Rio Minho first runs through the limestone mountains in the interior of the island. In the soft subsoil, the river bed changes regularly, so that length information and maps are only provisional, especially in the upper reaches. This can dry out completely in months with little rainfall. For this reason, the shorter Black River is sometimes cited as the longest river on the island.

In the lower reaches it crosses the great alluvial plain of the Clarendon Parish. A large part of the water is used for irrigation in the intensively agricultural area. The largest city along the run is May Pen with about 45,000 inhabitants.

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