Jamaica is a country in the West Indies and is the third largest island in the Caribbean. The island itself is 146 miles long and about 22 to 51 miles in width. It is a rough landscape but has a variety of foliage that came from all over the world, brought to the island in different times in its complex history. Part of this landscape is the Blue Mountains. Standing to the east side of the land, the mountain range stretches for 30 miles in length. West of the mountains is Cockpit Country, where the land changes to 500 sq. miles of plateaus and sinkholes made of limestone, southeast of Montego Bay. Like Montego Bay, Jamaica is home to many other bodies of water like the Black River and Kingston Harbor. The Black River is to the southwest, near Cockpit Country and it is the center of environmental tourism in Jamaica. The river and port, also being named Black River, was a place of trade in its history, the source of the wildlife and diverse vegetation there is today in Jamaica. Kingston Harbor, like the Black River, was a center of trade and later unlike the Black River, a refuge for pirates. Overall Jamaica, though smaller in size compared to other countries, has a variety of flora and historic topography.