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Map with highways and waterways in Puerto Rico. List of rivers in Puerto Rico (U.S. Commonwealth), sorted by drainage basin and then alphabetically. There are 47 main rivers and 24 lagoons or reservoirs. [1] Most of Puerto Rico's rivers originate in the Cordillera Central. There are four slopes through which rainwater flows towards the sea.
This is a list of rivers in Puerto Rico an Insular area of the United States. For a manually maintained list, complete with yet-to-be-written articles, see List of Puerto Rico rivers . Contents
USGS Hydrologic Unit Map – Caribbean Region (1974) Los Rios. Hojas de Nuestro Ambiente. February 2007: P013. Page 2. Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources. Retrieved 30 October 2011. Guia de Saltos y Caidas de Agua de Puerto Rico. Gobierno de Puerto Rico. Departamento de Recursos Naturales y Ambientales.
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Prieto River is a river in the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. It is located in the northeastern area of the municipality. Forming at an altitude of 3,920 feet (1,190 m), Río Prieto originates at the second highest point of any river in the municipality after Río Inabon. It empties into Río Cerrillos. [4]
Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in Puerto Rico.. The below list is incomplete. The National Inventory of Dams, maintained by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, defines any "major dam" as being 50 feet (15 m) tall with a storage capacity of at least 5,000 acre-feet (6,200,000 m 3), or of any height with a storage capacity of 25,000 acre-feet (31,000,000 m 3).
The Bayamón River (Spanish: Río de Bayamón) is a river of Puerto Rico beginning at an elevation of approximately 1,476 ft in barrio Beatriz in Cidra, Puerto Rico. It is slightly over 30 miles long and travels through several municipalities: Cidra, Aguas Buenas, Guaynabo, Toa Baja, Bayamón, and Cataño, then empties into San Juan Bay.