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词条 Prieto River (Ponce, Puerto Rico)
释义

  1. Origin

  2. Course

  3. See also

  4. Notes

  5. References

  6. External links

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| image =
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| image_caption =
| subdivision_name1 = United States
| subdivision_type2 = Territory
| subdivision_name2 = Puerto Rico
| subdivision_type3 = Municipality
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| source1_location = Barrio Anón
| mouth_location = Rio Cerrillos
| progression = Barrio Anón only
| length = {{convert|4|km|abbr=on}}[1]
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| mouth_elevation = {{convert|1,381|ft|m|sp=us}}[2]
| discharge1_avg =
| basin_size =
| river_system = Río Bucaná
| tributaries_left = Quebrada Rosales
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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 {{convert|3,920|ft|m|sp=us}}, Río Prieto originates at the second highest point of any river in the municipality after Río Inabon. It empties into Río Cerrillos.[3] Together with Río Blanco, Río Prieto is one of the two rivers in Ponce with mouths at the highest elevation (both at {{convert|1381|ft|m|sp=us}}).[4] This river is one of the 14 rivers in the municipality.

Origin

Río Prieto has its origin in barrio Anón in Ponce, in the area of Toro Negro State Forest,[5] half a kilometer southwest of Cerro Jayuya and about 0.75 kilometer southeast of Cerro de Punta.[1] It is a tributary of Río Cerrillos 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 of Ponce
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Notes

1. ^Maptest. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100218155723/http://www.gis.otg.gobierno.pr/maptest |date=2010-02-18 }} Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. General Purpose Population Data, Census 2000. Unidad de Sistemas de Información Geográfica, Área de Tecnología de Información Gubernamental, Oficina de Gerencia y Presupuesto. Gobierno de Puerto Rico. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
2. ^Río Anón. US Geographical Survey.
3. ^Government of the Autonomous Municipality of Ponce. Recursos Naturales. Ponce Ciudad Señorial. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717215253/http://www.visitaponce.com/recursos.aspx |date=2011-07-17 }}
4. ^US Geographical Survey.
5. ^Bosques de Puerto Rico: Bosque Estatal de Toro Negro. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150807061645/http://www.drna.gobierno.pr/biblioteca/publicaciones/hojas-de-nuestro-ambiente/30-Toro%20Negro%20ultimo.pdf |date=2015-08-07 }} Hojas de Nuestro Ambiente. July 2008. [Publication/Issue: P-030] Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
6. ^{{Gnis|1612587|Río Prieto}}

References

External links

  • [https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/hu58 USGS Hydrologic Unit Map – Caribbean Region (1974)]
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2 : Rivers of Puerto Rico|Rivers of Ponce, Puerto Rico

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