Rio Cobre
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The Rio Cobre is a river 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...

. Its source is unclear on the best map available, the headwaters being a writhing of unnamed, seasonally dry tributaries. The highest of these rise just above the 1750 feet (533.4 m) contour. From here it flows to meet the Caribbean Sea
Caribbean Sea
The Caribbean Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean located in the tropics of the Western hemisphere. It is bounded by Mexico and Central America to the west and southwest, to the north by the Greater Antilles, and to the east by the Lesser Antilles....

 in the north west corner of Kingston Harbour.

Its most significant feature is perhaps the gorge through which it runs between Bog Walk
Bog Walk
Bog Walk is a town in the parish of Saint Catherine, Jamaica...

 and northern Spanish Town
Spanish Town
Spanish Town is the capital and the largest town in the parish of St. Catherine in the county of Middlesex, Jamaica. It was the former Spanish and English capital of Jamaica from the 16th to the 19th century...

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