John Crow Mountains

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The John Crow Mountains are a rugged, forested mountain range in eastern Jamaica known for their rich biodiversity and cultural significance.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
John Crow Mountains canonical 4

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain range ⓘ
administrativeDivision Portland Parish ⓘ
St Thomas Parish ⓘ
associatedWith Windward Maroons ⓘ
biodiversity high species endemism ⓘ
tropical montane ecosystems ⓘ
climate tropical montane climate ⓘ
conservationImportance important bird area ⓘ
key biodiversity area ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Jamaica ⓘ
culturalSignificanceFor Maroon communities ⓘ
drainage rivers flowing to the Caribbean Sea ⓘ
ecosystemService carbon sequestration ⓘ
soil conservation ⓘ
watershed protection ⓘ
ecosystemType tropical moist broadleaf forest ⓘ
fauna endemic bird species ⓘ
endemic plant species ⓘ
flora ferns and epiphytes ⓘ
tropical hardwood species ⓘ
geologicalSetting Caribbean Plate ⓘ
habitat cloud forest ⓘ
rainforest ⓘ
highestPointOfRange over 1000 metres above sea level (approximate) ⓘ
knownFor cultural significance ⓘ
rich biodiversity ⓘ
languageOfToponym English ⓘ
locatedIn eastern Jamaica ⓘ
locatedOn island of Jamaica ⓘ
linked to: Island of Jamaica
managementBody Jamaica Conservation and Development agencies (various) ⓘ
mountainRangeType rugged mountains ⓘ
nearbyBodyOfWater Caribbean Sea ⓘ
orientation north–south ⓘ
parallelTo Blue Mountains ⓘ
partOf Blue Mountains and John Crow Mountains National Park buffer zone ⓘ
Blue and John Crow Mountains ⓘ
Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park ⓘ
protectedAreaStatus national park component ⓘ
region Caribbean ⓘ
terrain rugged ⓘ
tourism ecotourism destination ⓘ
UNESCOCriteria cultural ⓘ
natural ⓘ
UNESCOStatus World Heritage Site component ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite Blue and John Crow Mountains ⓘ
usedHistoricallyAs refuge for escaped enslaved Africans ⓘ
vegetation forested ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Windward Maroons → primaryRegion → John Crow Mountains ⓘ
Blue Mountain range → borders → John Crow Mountains ⓘ