Plantain Garden River
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The Plantain Garden River is a river found in the parish of St Thomas
on the island of Jamaica
. It is the only major river in Jamaica that does not flow in a northerly or southerly direction.
Saint Thomas Parish, Jamaica
Saint Thomas is a suburban parish that is situated at the south eastern end of Jamaica, in the county of Surrey. It is the birth place of The right Honorable Paul Bogle, one of Jamaica's seven National Heroes...
on the island of Jamaica
Jamaica
Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...
. It is the only major river in Jamaica that does not flow in a northerly or southerly direction.