List of rivers of Puerto Rico

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File:Map of Highways, Primary, Secondary, Tertiary Routes in Puerto Rico.svg
Map with highways and waterways in 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.[1]

Most of Puerto Rico's rivers originate in the Script error: No such module "Lang".. There are four slopes through which rainwater flows towards the sea. According to their orientation they are known as the north or Atlantic slope; southern slope or the Caribbean Sea; the east slope of the Virgin Passage and the Script error: No such module "Lang". and the west slope or the Mona Passage. Due to the generally abundant rain and the flow of its water currents, the most important rivers of Puerto Rico slide down the north slope. Taíno and native people normally built their communities near the rivers. During the Spanish colonization era, the same was true with many pueblos being founded near rivers.[2]

There are about 5,385 miles of river in Puerto Rico; 224 rivers and 553 named streams.[3][4][5][6] Only 8.9 miles of Puerto Rico's rivers have the official U.S. Wild and Scenic River Designation.[7]

Note

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Sign on the side of PR-435 in San Sebastián indicating there is a Script error: No such module "Lang". (stream)

A quebrada is a stream. An arroyo or ensenada is a creek. A río is a river. A canal or caño is a channel. A cayo is a cay.

Reservoirs and lagoons

These are also reservoirs and lagoons in Puerto Rico:[1]

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  1. Guajataca
  2. Garzas
  3. Dos Bocas
  4. Caonillas
  5. Laguna Tortuguero
  6. La Plata
  7. Cidra
  8. Laguna San José and Laguna Los Corozos
  9. Carraízo
  10. Laguna Piñones and Laguna Torrecilla
  11. Fajardo
  12. Valenciano (in planning)
  13. Patillas
  14. Carite
  15. Toa Vaca
  16. Guayabal
  17. Cerrillos
  18. Garzas
  19. Luchetti
  20. Loco
  21. Laguna Guánica (drained)
  22. Laguna Cartagena (refuge)
  23. Laguna Joyuda
  24. Casei (in planning)
  25. El Guineo
  26. Matrulla

By drainage basin

File:El Río Tanamá en Utuado, Puerto Rico.jpg
Tanamá in Utuado

Rivers of Puerto Rico listed by drainage basin:

North Coast (Atlantic Ocean)

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East Coast (Vieques Passage)

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South Coast (Caribbean Sea)

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West Coast (Mona Passage)

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Alphabetically

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A waterway in Puerto Rico

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See also

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References

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External links

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