词条 | Mocho Mountains |
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|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] Notes1. ^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
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