The Valenciano River () is a river in eastern Puerto Rico which flows through the municipalities of
Juncos and
Las Piedras, Puerto Rico
Las Piedras (), is a town and municipality in east Puerto Rico located in the central eastern region of the island, north of Yabucoa; south of Canóvanas and Río Grande; east of Juncos and San Lorenzo; and west of Naguabo and Humacao. La ...
.
After Juncos, the river reaches a confluence on the left bank of the
Río Gurabo, which is itself a tributary of the
Río Grande de Loíza
The Rio Grande de Loíza (English language, English: ''Great River of Loíza'' or ''Loíza River'') is a river in the Geography of Puerto Rico, main island of Puerto Rico. It is the largest river in Puerto Rico by discharge volume. Situated on th ...
which flows north into the
Atlantic Ocean
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. Since
Hurricane Maria
Hurricane Maria was an extremely powerful and devastating tropical cyclone that affected the northeastern Caribbean in September 2017, particularly in the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, which accounted for 2,975 of the 3,059 deaths. It is the ...
in September 2017, the data on river drainage has not been updated.
Juncos municipality is known as , The Valencian's City or ), The Valencian's Mules.
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 ...
References
External links
USGS Hydrologic Unit Map – Caribbean Region (1974)
Rivers of Puerto Rico
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