Guarapiche River is a river of north-eastern
Venezuela. It flows into the
San Juan River.
Course
Its origin is in the canyon named
Puertas de Miraflores
Puertas is a municipality located in the Salamanca (province), province of Salamanca, Castile and León, Spain. It is integrated into the Vitigudino region and the La Ramajería sub-region. It is occupying a total area of 62.71 km² and according ...
in the
Turimiquire Range.
Together with it flows into a short body named
Caño Francés
Caño is a barrio in the municipality of Guánica, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 1,788.
See also
* List of communities in Puerto Rico
In Puerto Rico, there are 78 municipalities and 902 municipio subdivisions made up of 827 barrio ...
whose mouth is in the
San Juan River shortly before its mouth in the Gulf of Paria. In February 2012 there was an
oil spill
An oil spill is the release of a liquid petroleum hydrocarbon into the environment, especially the marine ecosystem, due to human activity, and is a form of pollution. The term is usually given to marine oil spills, where oil is released into th ...
in the
mangrove area at the mouth of the river.
See also
*
List of rivers of Venezuela
References
*Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
External links
*
Map of river basin
Rivers of Venezuela
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