The Bairoa River () is a river of
Caguas, Puerto Rico
Caguas (, ) is a Caguas barrio-pueblo, city and Municipalities of Puerto Rico, municipality in central eastern Puerto Rico. Located in the eponymous Caguas Valley between the Sierra de Cayey and Sierra de Luquillo of the Cordillera Central (Puer ...
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Geography
The Bairoa River is one of the two main streams that traverse the
Caguas Valley
The Caguas Valley (Spanish: ''Valle de Caguas''), or the Caguas-Juncos Valley, and popularly referred to as the Turabo Valley (''Valle del Turabo''), is a large valley lying between two mountain subranges of the Cordillera Central, Sierra de Ca ...
from west to east (the other being the
Cagüitas River), both of which emptying into the
Loíza River.
Bairoa River Protected Natural Area
The Bairoa River Protected Natural Area (Spanish: ''Área natural protegida del Río Bairoa''), located in
Bairoa, Caguas, is a forested section of the Bairoa River designated a natural protected area since 2016 by the Puerto Rico Conservation Trust (''Para la Naturaleza''). The 584-acre protected area runs along the river and it constitutes an important secondary forest tract and hydrological drainage ecosystem for the
Loíza River. The area is also an important habitat for the Puerto Rican plain pigeon (''
Patagioenas inornata wetmorei'').
See also
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List of rivers of Puerto Rico
List of rivers in Puerto Rico ( U.S. Commonwealth), sorted by drainage basin and then alphabetically. There are 47 main rivers and 24 lagoons or reservoirs.
Most of Puerto Rico's rivers originate in the . There are four slopes through which rainw ...
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Protected areas of Puerto Rico
The protected areas of Puerto Rico include an array of natural areas in the archipelago of Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States, managed by a number of agencies and entities belonging to both Federal government of the Un ...
References
External links
USGS Hydrologic Unit Map – Caribbean Region (1974)
Rivers of Puerto Rico
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Protected areas of Puerto Rico