Río Grande de Arecibo

The Río Grande de Arecibo (Arecibo River) is a river of Puerto Rico. The headwaters lie in the mountains to the south of Adjuntas. From there it flows north until it reaches the Atlantic Ocean near Arecibo.[1] The tributaries lie along the side of the Cerro de Punta and the Utuado pluton. It flows through the northern, passing along a gorge that is 200 m deep and 800–1,200 m wide. It flows through the middle of Puerto Rico[2]

Río Grande de Arecibo
Río Grande de Arecibo
Location
CommonwealthPuerto Rico
MunicipalityArecibo
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationRío Vacadas
Mouth 
 • location
Arecibo Bay, Atlantic Ocean
Length52.89 km (32.86 mi)

The tributaries to Río Grande de Arecibo are Vacas, Pellejas, Garzas, Saltillo, Cidra, Grande de Jayuya, Caguana, Caonillas, Yunés, Limón, Jauca, Tanamá and Santiago rivers.[3]

Flood control project

In mid 2018, the United States Army Corps of Engineers announced it would be undertaking a major flood control project of the river, with a budget of $82.9 million.[4]

  • View of Arecibo from the mouth of Río Grande de Arecibo
  • View of the river from Cueva Ventana

See also

References
  1. Fewkes, J. Walter (1903). "Prehistoric Porto Rican Photographs". American Anthropologist. 5 (1): 44. doi:10.1525/aa.1903.5.3.02a00020.
  2. Monroe, Watson H. (1980). Some Tropical Landforms of Puerto Rico. Geological Survey professional paper 1159. Department of the Interior. p. 12.
  3. Rio Grande de Arecibo, Puerto Rico: Environmental Impact Statement. 1991. pp. 6–.
  4. "USACE: $3.348 billion go toward reducing flood risk in Florida, Puerto Rico and USVI". Caribbean Business. 6 July 2018.


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