Yallahs River

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Yallahs River is a significant river in eastern Jamaica that flows through the parish of St. Thomas and is an important source of water and natural habitat in the region.


Statements (31)
Predicate Object
instanceOf river
continent North America
country Jamaica
drainageBasinCountry Jamaica
flowsThrough Saint Thomas Parish
hasClimateZone tropical climate
hasEcosystemType freshwater riverine habitat
riparian habitat
hasEnvironmentalIssue deforestation in upper watershed
flood risk
riverbed erosion
sedimentation
hasHydrologicalFunction drainage of eastern Blue Mountains slopes
hasPart Yallahs River watershed
hasWaterBodyType perennial river
isImportantFor biodiversity
community livelihoods
local agriculture
isLocatedOnIsland Jamaica
isSourceOf domestic water supply
irrigation water
municipal water for Kingston Metropolitan Area
locatedIn eastern Jamaica
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Saint Thomas Parish
mouthLocatedIn Caribbean Sea
Yallahs Bay
nearbySettlement Morant Bay
Yallahs
region Caribbean
usedFor sand and gravel mining
water abstraction

Referenced by (1)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Parish of St. Thomas in the East
containsGeographicFeature

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