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A list of fish of Jamaica. Jamaican waters contain maccaback and saltwater fish. [1] Saltwater. The chief varieties of saltwater fish include: Kingfish; Jack;
The Flint River in Flint, Michigan. / 43.37861°N 83.98306°W / 43.37861; -83.98306. The Flint River is a 78.3-mile-long (126.0 km) river in the Flint/Tri-Cities region of Michigan in the United States. The river's headwaters are in Columbiaville in Lapeer County and flows through the counties of Lapeer, Genesee, and Saginaw.
Cockpit Country is an area in Trelawny and Saint Elizabeth, Saint James, Saint Ann, Manchester and the northern tip of Clarendon parishes, mostly within the west-central side, of Jamaica. The land is marked by lush, montane forests and steep-sided valleys and hollows, as deep as 120 metres (390 ft) in places, separated by conical hills and ...
919 [ 1] The Black River is one of the longest rivers in Jamaica. At a length of 53.4 km (33.2 mi), [ 2] it was believed to be the longest until it was discovered that the Rio Minho was 92.8 km long. [ 3] Its name refers to the darkness of the river bed caused by thick layers of decomposing vegetation. Over 100 species of birds have been ...
Kingston is the capital and largest city of Jamaica, located on the southeastern coast of the island. It faces a natural harbour protected by the Palisadoes, a long sand spit which connects the town of Port Royal and the Norman Manley International Airport to the rest of the island. Kingston is the largest English-speaking city south of the ...
Genesee County, Michigan. / 43.02°N 83.71°W / 43.02; -83.71. Genesee County ( / ˈdʒɛnəsi / JEN-ə-see) is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 406,211, [ 1] making it the fifth-most populous county in Michigan. The county seat and population center is Flint (birthplace of General Motors ...
Area. [ 1] • Water. 52 km 2 (20 sq mi) Time zone. UTC-5 ( EST) Kingston Harbour in Jamaica is the seventh-largest natural harbour in the world. [ 1] It is an almost landlocked area of water approximately 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) long by 3.2 kilometres (2.0 mi) wide. [ 1] Most of it is deep enough to accommodate large ships, even close to shore ...
Along Jamaica's 894 km (556 mi) of coastline are 763 km 2 (295 sq mi) of coral reefs as of 2014. [7] However, the reefs were once much larger. About 85% of Jamaica's coral reefs were lost between 1980–2000. [8] Coral reef distribution on the northern coast of Jamaica extends from Morant Point in the east to Negril in the west.