The Manatí River (

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: Río Grande de Manatí) is a river in

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, which flows through several northern municipalities of the island. The river is named after the municipality of Manatí where the river mouth is located.

Description

The river travels in sequence through Barranquitas, the municipal boundaries of Orocovis, Corozal and Naranjito, Ciales, Morovis, Barceloneta and Manatí in Puerto Rico. The river flows into the Atlantic Ocean in the municipal boundary between Barceloneta and Manatí.

History

In the 1898 ''Military Notes on Puerto Rico'' by the U.S. it is written that the "Manatí River is bounded on the east 'south by the Sierra Grande and on the west by the Siales ridge. It rises in the Sierra Grande, and parallel with the preceding river, it flows through Siales and Manatí, to the north of which latter town it empties into the Atlantic."

USACE project

In mid 2018, the

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Army Corps of Engineers announced it had earmarked $1.2 million to study and research the river.

Galleries

Corozal

View of Río Grande de Manatí from Puerto Rico Highway 802 Bridge in Corozal. Río Grande de Manatí, Corozal, Puerto Rico.jpg

Morovis

View of Río Grande de Manatí in

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barrio, near La Playita restaurant on PR-155. Río Grande in Río Grande barrio, Morovis, Puerto Rico near La Playita restaurant.png

Ciales

Views of Río Grande de Manatí from historic

Manatí Bridge at Mata de Plátano Manatí Bridge at Mata de Plátano, also known as Puente Juan José Jiménez and listed as Bridge #321 in Puerto Rico's bridge inventory, was built in 1905 in Hato Viejo, Ciales, Puerto Rico. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Pla ...

in Ciales. Río Grande de Manatí from Manatí Bridge at Mata de Plátano 01.jpg Río Grande de Manatí from Manatí Bridge at Mata de Plátano 02.jpg Río Grande de Manatí from Manatí Bridge at Mata de Plátano 03.jpg Río Grande de Manatí from Manatí Bridge at Mata de Plátano 04.jpg Río Grande de Manatí from Manatí Bridge at Mata de Plátano 05.jpg Río Grande de Manatí from Manatí Bridge at Mata de Plátano 06.jpg Río Grande de Manatí from Manatí Bridge at Mata de Plátano 07.jpg Río Grande de Manatí from Manatí Bridge at Mata de Plátano 08.jpg Río Grande de Manatí from Manatí Bridge at Mata de Plátano 09.jpg View of Río Grande de Manatí from in Ciales. Ciales, Puerto Rico view from Paseo Lineal Juan Antonio Corretjer (5).jpg

Manatí

View of Río Grande de Manatí from Puerto Rico Highway 642 Bridge in Manatí. Río Grande de Manatí from PR-642 bridge in Manatí, Puerto Rico.jpg

Barceloneta

View of Río Grande de Manatí in Barceloneta. Río Grande de Manatí from PR-684 in Barceloneta, Puerto Rico.jpg Río Grande de Manatí from PR-684 in Barceloneta, Puerto Rico 02.jpg

References

External links

USGS Hydrologic Unit Map – Caribbean Region (1974)
Rivers of Puerto Rico {{PuertoRico-river-stub