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Juan de Bolas River

The 883rd longest river in the world

km

The Juan de Bolas River rises in Saint Catherine, Jamaica, and flows through Saint Catherine and Clarendon. It is one of two rivers in Jamaica named after Juan de Bolas, the first Chief of the Jamaican Maroons.

The river rises just east of Juan de Bolas Mountain, at just under 2,743 feet (836 m) from where it flows north, north-west, west and south-south-west to a confluence with the Rio Minho.

Tributaries (source to confluence) include:

Flows through: Jamaica.

River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.

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