South Negril River

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South Negril River
Country Jamaica
Physical characteristics
Main source About 250 feet (76 m) [1]
18°16′40″N78°15′22″W / 18.2778°N 78.2560°W / 18.2778; -78.2560
River mouth Sea level [1]
18°16′48″N78°20′52″W / 18.2800°N 78.3479°W / 18.2800; -78.3479 Coordinates: 18°16′48″N78°20′52″W / 18.2800°N 78.3479°W / 18.2800; -78.3479
Length 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) [2]
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Mouth of
South Negril River
The South Negril River, Jamaica at 1:50,000. Extract from UK DoOS 50K map of Jamaica sheets A (1959) and B (1958) showing S Negril River.png
The South Negril River, Jamaica at 1:50,000.

The South Negril River is a river in Westmoreland, Jamaica.

River Natural flowing watercourse

A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of water. Small rivers can be referred to using names such as stream, creek, brook, rivulet, and rill. There are no official definitions for the generic term river as applied to geographic features, although in some countries or communities a stream is defined by its size. Many names for small rivers are specific to geographic location; examples are "run" in some parts of the United States, "burn" in Scotland and northeast England, and "beck" in northern England. Sometimes a river is defined as being larger than a creek, but not always: the language is vague.

Westmoreland Parish Parish in Cornwall, Jamaica

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Jamaica country in the Caribbean

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Course

The head of the river is at the base of a row of hills that rise more than 500 feet (150 m) above the inland edge of the coastal plain. [1] [3]

From its head the river meanders south for about 1.8 kilometres (1.1 mi), [2] passes under a small bridge carrying the New Hope - Delve Bridge road, [1] then swings east in a 600 metres (2,000 ft) [2] clockwise arc round the base of a ridge of the hills (passing under two small road bridges as it does so, the first carrying the New Hope - Delve Bridge road and the second the Springfield - New Hope road) [1] before heading south west through sugar cane fields for 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) [2] in a straight, open culvert to a point just north west of the village of Retreat. [1]

From Retreat the river arcs clockwise to flow north west out of the sugar cane into an area of swampy ground. [1] After a further 3.2 kilometres (2.0 mi) [2] it enters a region of small low hills, flowing through a defile in the middle of these for another 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) [2] before emerging to pass under a bridge carrying the Springfield - Sheffield road. [1]

Returning to flat agricultural terrain it continues north and west a little further, then arcs anti clockwise round another small hill to establish the westerly tendency which will carry it to the sea. [1] At the end of this 1.6 kilometres (0.99 mi) [2] section it passes under a small bridge carrying the Springfield - Sheffield road and reaches the south east corner of the Great Morass just north of the village of Sheffield. [1]

Over its final 4.8 kilometres (3.0 mi) [2] the river broadens dramatically as it flows along the southern edge of the Great Morass, gathering water as it goes, finally entering a culverted section and passing under its largest bridge (which carries the southern end of the main road paralleling Negril's seven mile beach) and out into the Caribbean Sea. [1] [4]

Caribbean Sea A sea of the Atlantic Ocean bounded by North, Central, and South America

The Caribbean Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean in the tropics of the Western Hemisphere. It is bounded by Mexico and Central America to the west and south west, to the north by the Greater Antilles starting with Cuba, to the east by the Lesser Antilles, and to the south by the north coast of South America.

Along its route the river passes a number of small settlements and named regions including (working downstream from east to west): [1]

Throughout its 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) length the river falls no more than 250 feet (76 m) giving it a very gentle average gradient of about 1 in 200.

Infrastructure

Working downstream from source to mouth the South Negril River passes under: [1] [5]

Tributaries

The South Negril River has no tributaries of any consequence. [1]

See also

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