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fiogf49gjkf0d JAMAICA IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 145KM SOUTH OF CUBA AND IN
THE CENTER OF THE CARIBBEAN SEA. THE ISLAND IS THE THIRD
LARGEST OF THE CARIBBEAN ISLANDS. IT IS POSSIBLE TO DIVIDE
JAMAICA INTO THREE GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS, THESE BEING: THE
COASTAL LOWLANDS AND VALLEYS, INTERIOR HIGHLANDS AND A
LIMESTONE PLATEAU.
COASTAL LOWLANDS SURROUND THE ISLAND IN THE SOUTH AND WEST
AND ARE APPROXIMATELY 17KM. FURTHER INLAND FROM THESE
LOWLANDS, A LIMESTONE PLATEAU RISES TO A HEIGHT OF 460M
ABOVE SEA LEVEL AND STRETCHES THROUGHOUT HALF OF THE
ISLAND. THE HIGHER AREAS OF THIS PLATEAU NAMED COCKPIT
COUNTRY ARE REMOTE AND CONSISTS OF UNDERGROUND CAVERNS,
STREAMS AND SINKHOLES. MORE INTERIOR REGIONS OF THE ISLAND
ARE THICKLY FORESTED AND MOUNTAINS REACH BETWEEN 1533 AND
2147M. IN THE EAST THE BLUE MOUNTAINS ARE THE MOST
IMPORTANT RANGE, WITH BLUE MOUNTAIN PEAK BEING THE HIGHEST
IN THE COUNTRY AT 2269M.
THE LONGEST RIVER IN JAMAICA IS THE BLACK RIVER AND FLOWS
FOR APPROXIMATELY 73KM. MOST OTHER RIVERS ARE LESS IMPORTANT
AND FLOW INTO SINKHOLES IN THE COCKPIT COUNTRY.
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