The Manatí River (
Spanish
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: Río Grande de Manatí) is a river in
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 ...
, which flows through several northern municipalities of the island. The river is named after the municipality of
Manatí where the river mouth is located.
Description
The river travels in sequence through
Barranquitas, the municipal boundaries of
Orocovis,
Corozal and
Naranjito,
Ciales,
Morovis,
Barceloneta and
Manatí in Puerto Rico. The river flows into the Atlantic Ocean in the municipal boundary between Barceloneta and Manatí.
History
In the 1898 ''Military Notes on Puerto Rico'' by the U.S. it is written that the "Manatí River is bounded on the east 'south by the Sierra
Grande and on the west by the Siales ridge. It rises in the Sierra Grande, and parallel with the preceding river, it flows through Siales and Manatí, to the north of which latter town it empties into the Atlantic."
USACE project
In mid 2018, the
United States
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Army Corps of Engineers announced it had earmarked $1.2 million to study flooding on the river.
Galleries
Corozal
View of Río Grande de Manatí from
Puerto Rico Highway 802 Bridge in Corozal.
Río Grande de Manatí, Corozal, Puerto Rico.jpg
Morovis
View of Río Grande de Manatí in
Río Grande
The Rio Grande ( or ) in the United States or the Río Bravo (del Norte) in Mexico (), also known as Tó Ba'áadi in Navajo, is one of the principal rivers (along with the Colorado River) in the Southwestern United States and in northern Me ...
barrio, near La Playita restaurant on
PR-155.
Río Grande in Río Grande barrio, Morovis, Puerto Rico near La Playita restaurant.png
Ciales
Views of Río Grande de Manatí from historic
Manatí Bridge at Mata de Plátano in Ciales.
Río Grande de Manatí from Manatí Bridge at Mata de Plátano 01.jpg
Río Grande de Manatí from Manatí Bridge at Mata de Plátano 02.jpg
Río Grande de Manatí from Manatí Bridge at Mata de Plátano 03.jpg
Río Grande de Manatí from Manatí Bridge at Mata de Plátano 04.jpg
Río Grande de Manatí from Manatí Bridge at Mata de Plátano 05.jpg
Río Grande de Manatí from Manatí Bridge at Mata de Plátano 06.jpg
Río Grande de Manatí from Manatí Bridge at Mata de Plátano 07.jpg
Río Grande de Manatí from Manatí Bridge at Mata de Plátano 08.jpg
Río Grande de Manatí from Manatí Bridge at Mata de Plátano 09.jpg
View of Río Grande de Manatí from in Ciales.
Ciales, Puerto Rico view from Paseo Lineal Juan Antonio Corretjer (5).jpg
Manatí
View of Río Grande de Manatí from Puerto Rico Highway 642 Bridge in Manatí.
Río Grande de Manatí from PR-642 bridge in Manatí, Puerto Rico.jpg
Barceloneta
View of Río Grande de Manatí in Barceloneta.
Río Grande de Manatí from PR-684 in Barceloneta, Puerto Rico.jpg
Río Grande de Manatí from PR-684 in Barceloneta, Puerto Rico 02.jpg
See also
*
Manatí Bridge at Mata de Plátano: NRHP listing in Ciales, Puerto Rico
*
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 ...
References
External links
USGS Hydrologic Unit Map – Caribbean Region (1974)
Rivers of Puerto Rico
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