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Río Blanco (
Hojas de Nuestro Ambiente. July 2008. ublication/Issue: P-030Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources. Retrieved 29 July 2013. and cuts through the northern mountains of Barrio Anón. Page 5. Accessed 27 May 2011. It runs for about 1.8 kilometers before it is fed by ''Quebrada Jamiel'' (Jamiel Brook). After this it runs for about 0.2 kilometer before it feeds into Río Prieto, some 800 feet southwest of the intersection of PR-139 and Camino La Poblada.
USGS Hydrologic Unit Map – Caribbean Region (1974)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Blanco (Puerto Rico), Rio Rivers of Puerto Rico Rivers of Ponce, Puerto Rico
Río Blanco (Spanish
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for ''white river'') is a river in the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico
; abbreviated PR), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, is a Government of Puerto Rico, self-governing Caribbean Geography of Puerto Rico, archipelago and island organized as an Territories of the United States, unincorporated territo ...
. It is located in the northeastern area of the municipality. It empties into the Río Prieto. Together with the Río Prieto, the Río Blanco is one of the two rivers in Ponce with their mouth at the highest elevation (both at 1,381 feet). This river is one of the 14 rivers in the municipality.
Origin and course
The Río Blanco originates in the mountains of barrioAnón
Anón (''Barrio Anón'') is one of the 31 barrios in the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Along with Marueño, Coto Laurel, Guaraguao, Quebrada Limon, Real (Ponce), Real, and San Patricio (Ponce), San Patricio, and the coastal barrios of Ca ...
in Ponce, right at the foot of PR-143, in the Toro Negro State Forest
Toro Negro State Forest (Spanish: ''Bosque Estatal de Toro Negro'') is one of the 21 forests that make up the public forests system in Puerto Rico. It is also Puerto Rico's highest cloud forest. It is in the Cordillera Central, Puerto Rico, Cord ...
,''Bosques de Puerto Rico: Bosque Estatal de Toro Negro.''Hojas de Nuestro Ambiente. July 2008. ublication/Issue: P-030Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources. Retrieved 29 July 2013. and cuts through the northern mountains of Barrio Anón. Page 5. Accessed 27 May 2011. It runs for about 1.8 kilometers before it is fed by ''Quebrada Jamiel'' (Jamiel Brook). After this it runs for about 0.2 kilometer before it feeds into Río Prieto, some 800 feet southwest of the intersection of PR-139 and Camino La Poblada.
See also
*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 ...
* List of rivers of Ponce
Notes
References
External links
USGS Hydrologic Unit Map – Caribbean Region (1974)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Blanco (Puerto Rico), Rio Rivers of Puerto Rico Rivers of Ponce, Puerto Rico