The Piedras River, better known as Río Piedras in
Spanish
Spanish might refer to:
* Items from or related to Spain:
**Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries
**Spanish cuisine
Other places
* Spanish, Ontario, Can ...
, is a river of
San Juan, Puerto Rico
San Juan (, , ; Spanish for "Saint John") is the capital city and most populous municipality in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States. As of the 2020 census, it is the 57th-largest city under the jur ...
. The river gives its name to
Río Piedras
Rio or Río is the Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, and Maltese word for "river". When spoken on its own, the word often means Rio de Janeiro, a major city in Brazil.
Rio or Río may also refer to:
Geography Brazil
* Rio de Janeiro
* Rio do Sul, a ...
, a former
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
and municipality, today a district of San Juan.
Even if the Piedras River is considered a tributary of the
Puerto Nuevo River
The Río Puerto Nuevo is a river of Puerto Rico.
Flood control project
In mid 2018, the United States Army Corps of Engineers announced it would be undertaking a major flood control project of the river, with a budget of $1552.4 million.
See ...
, the hydrological basin it belongs to is often referred to as the Río Piedras watershed and it is ecologically important for the
San Juan Bay estuary and the
metropolitan region
A metropolitan area or metro is a region that consists of a densely populated urban agglomeration and its surrounding territories sharing industries, commercial areas, transport network, infrastructures and housing. A metro area usually com ...
. The river is fed by numerous creeks and streams which have their source in the barrios of
Caimito and
Cupey.
Gallery
File:Rio-Piedras-Bridge.jpg, The historic Río Piedras Bridge in 1911.
File:El Río Piedras.jpg, The river near El Cinco district.
File:El Río Piedras -3.jpg, The river near El Cinco.
File:Puente Rio Piedras below - San Juan Puerto Rico.jpg, Río Piedras Bridge in 2017.
File:Cuenca del Río Piedras » Cuencas Hidrográficas.jpg, Map of the Piedras and Puerto Nuevo river basin.
See also
*
Old Piedras River Aqueduct
*
List of river of Puerto Rico
References
Rivers of Puerto Rico
San Juan, Puerto Rico
{{PuertoRico-river-stub