This list of rivers of Ponce consists of the 14 rivers in the municipality of

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. Rivers that either originate in the municipality or that run the bulk of their course through said municipality are listed. Except for two rivers, Río Portugués and Río Jacaguas, all other rivers originate and terminate within the boundaries of the municipality of Ponce. This list does not include ''quebradas'' (English:

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s). Only streams recognized as "rivers" by the

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and the

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are included here. All the rivers in the municipality of Ponce run into one of four river basins that then empty into the

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. These four river basins are:

Río Matilde Río Matilde is a short river in the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. It forms from the confluence of Rio Pastillo and Rio Canas. Río Matilde is one of the 14 List of rivers of Ponce, rivers in the municipality and, forming at an altitude ...

Río Bucaná Rio or Río is the Portuguese and Spanish word for "river". The word also exists in Italian, but is largely obsolete and used in a poetical or literary context to mean "stream". Rio, RIO or Río may also refer to: Places United States * Rio, Fl ...

Río Inabón Río Inabón is one of the List of rivers of Ponce, 14 rivers in the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. With a length of some , it is Ponce's second longest river after Río Jacaguas. It is fed by the Río Anón, Río Guayo (which itself is f ...

, and

Río Jacaguas Río Jacaguas is a river shared between the municipalities of Ponce and Juana Díaz in Puerto Rico. It flows from north to south, draining into the Caribbean Sea east of the city of Ponce. One of the 14 rivers in the municipality of Ponce, i ...

Río Pastillo Río Pastillo is a river in the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico, Ponce, Puerto Rico. It is also known as Río Marueño in the area of the municipality where it runs through barrio Marueño. Together with Cañas River (Ponce, Puerto Rico), Ca� ...

and

Río Canas Rio or Río is the Portuguese and Spanish word for "river". The word also exists in Italian, but is largely obsolete and used in a poetical or literary context to mean "stream". Rio, RIO or Río may also refer to: Places United States * Rio, Fl ...

merge to form Río Matilde. Río Blanco, Río Prieto,

Río San Patricio San Patricio River (Spanish: Río San Patricio) is a river in the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. It is part of the Bucaná River river system via Cerrillos River. San Patricio is one of the 14 rivers in the municipality. Origin San P ...

, Río Bayagán,

Río Cerrillos Cerrillos River (Spanish language, Spanish: Río Cerrillos) is a river in the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Río Cerrillos has its origin in barrio Anón and runs south until it feeds into Bucaná River. Río Cerrillos is commonly known ...

Río Chiquito Chiquito River () is a river in the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. This river feeds into Río Portugués in the sector called Parras, about north of the intersection of PR-504 and PR-505. It has its origin in the mountains west of Mon ...

, and Río Portugués all run in one manner or other into Río Bucaná. Río Anon feeds into Río Inabón ( Río Guayo also feeds into Río Inabón, but Río Guayo is not located in the municipality of Ponce). Río Jacaguas is actually shared between the municipalities of Ponce and

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, as it forms the boundary between the two municipalities. Various rivers feed into Río Jacaguas, but none of them are located within the municipality of Ponce. Two rivers, Río Bucaná and Río Portugués, are partially

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. These canalization occur in parts of the urban area of the city of Ponce. Additionally, two rivers have been dammed: Río Cerrillos was dammed to create the

Cerrillos Lake Lake Cerrillos (Spanish: Lago Cerrillos) is a human-made lake located in barrio Maragüez, Ponce, Puerto Rico. The lake was finished in 1992 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The main purposes of the reservoir are flood control, water supp ...

, and the damming of Río Portugués is expected to create the Portugués Lake when the project is completed in 2013.''A pesar de 400 despidos: Continúan obras en Represa Portugués.''
Jason Rodríguez Grafal. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 27 April 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2011. The damming of Río Cerrillos occurred north of the point where Río Bayagán feeds into Río Cerrillos but south of where Río San Patricio feeds into Río Cerrillos.

River list summary table

= When the watershed area for a river appears as "Not Applicable", the river is itself part of another river's watershed area.

Listed alphabetically

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* Río Bayagán * Río Blanco *

* Río Portugués * Río Prieto *

Listed from west to east

Listed according to the

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at the mouth of the river: *

- at 66.6404508 W *

- at 66.6135062 W * Río Blanco - at 66.6079505 W * Río Prieto - at 66.6079505 W *

- at 66.6068395 W *

- at 66.5998946 W * Río Bayagán - at 66.5857282 W *

- at 66.5798949 W * Río Portugués - at 66.5798949 W *

- at 66.5798949 W *

- at 66.5582270 W *

- at 66.5393380 W

Listed from south to north

This lists the rivers in order of their

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or, roughly, where the river's mouth is relative to the Ponce shore:

0 km from shore (mouth at
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Up to 1 km from shore

- at 18.0019106 N *

- at 18.0330201 N * Río Bayagán - at 18.0435751 N

Up to 2 km from shore

- at 18.1177384 N * Río Portugués - at 18.1319046 N *

- at 18.1319046 N *

- at 18.1319046 N

Up to 3 km from shore

* Río Blanco - at 18.1438485 N * Río Prieto - at 18.1438485 N

References

External links

''Geology and Hydrogeology of the Caribbean Islands Aquifer System of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands: Regional Aquifer-System Analysis.''
ROBERT A. RENKEN, W.C. WARD, I.P. GILL, FERNANDO GÓMEZ-GÓMEZ, JESÚS RODRÍGUEZ-MARTÍNEZ, et al. USGS. Professional Paper 1419. Reston, Virginia. 2002. Accessed 13 November 2019.
USGS Geographic Names Information Service
* 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. Division del Monitoreo del Plan de Aguas, Secretaria Auxiliar de Planificacion Integral. San Juan, Puerto Rico. Carmen R. Guerrero Pérez, Secretaria Estatal del Departamento de Recursos Naturales y Ambientales. Edited by Ivelisse Pérez Rodríguez, Nervalis Medina Echevarría, Aurielee Díaz Conde, and Marianela Torres Rodríguez. 2016. 181 pages
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References

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