Prieto River is a river in the municipality of
Ponce, Puerto Rico. It is located in the northeastern area of the municipality. Forming at an altitude of , Río Prieto originates at the second highest point of any river in the municipality after
Río Inabon. It empties into
Río Cerrillos
Cerrillos River (Spanish language, Spanish: Río Cerrillos) is a river in the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Río Cerrillos has its origin in barrio Anón and runs south until it feeds into Bucaná River. Río Cerrillos is commonly known ...
. Together with
Río Blanco, Río Prieto is one of the two rivers in Ponce with
mouths at the highest elevation (both at ).
US Geographical Survey.
/ref> This river is one of the 14 rivers in the municipality.
Origin
Río Prieto has its origin in barrio Anón
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, in the area of 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.''](_blank)
Hojas de Nuestro Ambiente. July 2008. ublication/Issue: P-030Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources. Retrieved 29 July 2013. half a kilometer southwest of Cerro Jayuya and about 0.75 kilometer southeast of Cerro de Punta
Cerro de Punta or Cerro Punta is the highest peak in Puerto Rico, rising to above sea level.As of February, 1981, the US Geological Survey reports the height as 1,328 meters. (See''Geographic Names Information System: Feature Query Results.''Un ...
.Río Cerrillos
Cerrillos River (Spanish language, Spanish: Río Cerrillos) is a river in the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Río Cerrillos has its origin in barrio Anón and runs south until it feeds into Bucaná River. Río Cerrillos is commonly known ...
and part of the Río Bucana watershed.
Course
Running south from its origin, Río Prieto runs for about 3 kilometers before it is fed by Rio Blanco. Río Prieto winds its way through the mountains paralleling PR-139 for about 1 kilometer before it feeds into Río Cerrillos approximately 800 feet west of the intersection of PR-139 and Camino Cerrillo in Barrio Anón.
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)
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Rivers of Puerto Rico
Rivers of Ponce, Puerto Rico