The Yagüez River ( es, Río Yagüez) is a river located in western
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 ...
.
The Yagüez originates at above sea-level in the Urayoán Mountains to the southeast of
Las Marias and to the northeast of
Maricao
Maricao () is a town and the second-least populous municipality of Puerto Rico; it is located at the western edge of the Cordillera Central. It is a small town set around a small square in hilly terrain, north of San Germán, Sabana Grande and ...
. From its inception the river runs roughly east to west for emptying into
Mayagüez Bay
Mayagüez Bay ( es, Bahía de Mayagüez) is a bay located in western Puerto Rico.
The bay has recently been opened to the city of Mayagüez with the building of the Parque del Litoral because of the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games. Th ...
just west of downtown
Mayagüez next to the northern part of the
Parque del Litoral
Parque Litoral Israel "Shorty" Castro is a park located in the city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. It is commonly named "Parque ''del'' Litoral".
Features
The park was created after the city was selected to host the 2010 Central American and Carib ...
.
During its course, the river traverses the Mayagüez Reservoir located between the Bateyes and Limón barrios of Mayagüez. To protect against flash flooding, the river is canalized throughout the majority of its path through Mayagüez's urban core. The first attempt to canalize the river was when Don Leonardo de Campos was
mayor of Mayagüez in 1852, but the difficulties of the project did not allow it back then.
[Preservando un Valor Historico: El Teatro Yagüez, Fiestas Patronales de la Candelaria Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, 1979] The river flooded the city in 1933.
["Genealogias Biografias e Historia del Mayagüez de Ayer y Hoy y Antologia de Puerto Rico"; by Martin Gaudier (Author); Page: 17; Publisher: Imprenta "El Aguila", San German (1959); Language: Spanish]
See also
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List of rivers of Puerto Rico
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References
External links
USGS Hydrologic Unit Map – Caribbean Region (1974)
Yaguez, Rio
Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
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