The Coamo River ( es, Río Coamo) is a river in southern
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico (; abbreviated PR; tnq, Boriken, ''Borinquen''), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ( es, link=yes, Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, lit=Free Associated State of Puerto Rico), is a Caribbean island and unincorporated ...
. It runs for approximately 24 miles or 38 kilometers through the municipalities of
Coamo
Coamo (, ) is a town and municipality founded in 1579 in the south-central region of Puerto Rico, located north of Santa Isabel; south of Orocovis and Barranquitas; east of Villalba and Juana Díaz; and west of Aibonito and Salinas. Coamo ...
and
Santa Isabel, where it empties into the
Caribbean Sea
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at Coamo Bay in
Boca Velázquez
Boca Velázquez is a barrio in the municipality of Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 2,705.
History
Puerto Rico was ceded by Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898 ...
. Its source lies in the
Cordillera Central, on the
Pulguillas ward (''
barrio'').
The Coamo River and its coastal wetlands host
great egrets
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and other wildlife throughout the year. The river was dredged and cleaned after damages and flooding caused by
Hurricane Maria
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in 2017. It also contains irrigation dams, such as the Coamo Reservoir Dam in Santa Isabel.
See also
*
List of rivers of Puerto Rico
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Organizations
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References
External links
USGS Hydrologic Unit Map – Caribbean Region (1974)
Rivers of Puerto Rico
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