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{{Infobox mountain range
|name = Mocho Mountains
|photo = Hakewill, A Picturesque Tour of the Island of Jamaica, Plate 21.jpg
|photo_caption = Whitney Estate, 1820 The Mocho Mountains are in the background
|country = Jamaica
|region_type = Region
|region = South central
|region1 =
|highest =
|elevation_m =
|geology =
|period =
|orogeny =
|map = Jamaica
|map_caption =
|coordinates = {{coord|18|03|N|77|21|W|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
}}

The Mocho Mountains are a mountain range in south central Jamaica.[1] It has been described as the "geographical center of Jamaica."[2]

The area was a site for bauxite mining. The mining led to deforestation in the area.[3]

Notes

1. ^Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary, Third Edition, p. 754.
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.nlj.gov.jm/history-notes/History%20of%20Clarendon.pdf|title=History of Clarendon}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/12/us-caribbean-living-climate-change/|title=“We in the Caribbean Are Living Climate Change”|first=Desmond|last=Brown|publisher=IPS News|date=December 2013}}

References

  • Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary, Third Edition. Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam-Webster, Incorporated, 1997. {{ISBN|0-87779-546-0}}.
{{Geography of Jamaica}}{{Jamaica-geo-stub}}

1 : Mountain ranges of Jamaica

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