Jacaguas River
River of Puerto Rico
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Río Jacaguas is a river shared between the municipalities of Ponce and Juana Díaz in Puerto Rico. It flows from north to south, draining into the Caribbean Sea east of the city of Ponce. One of the 14 rivers in the municipality of Ponce, it is also the longest, at 39.72 kilometers (24.68 mi). The river has a discharge of 37,000 ft3/second, making it also the one with the greatest discharge.[6]
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| Río Jacaguas | |
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Río Jacaguas, as seen from Barrio Capitanejo, Juana Díaz, some 100 feet before it empties into the Caribbean Sea | |
  Location of mouth | |
| Location | |
| Commonwealth | Puerto Rico |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Villalba |
| • coordinates | 17.9738553°N 66.5393380°W[1] |
| • elevation | 2,099 feet (640 m) |
| Mouth | |
• location | Caribbean Sea |
• elevation | 0 feet (0 m) |
| Length | 24.68 miles (39.72 km)[3] |
Basin size | 59.85 sq mi (155.0 km2)[4] |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 37,000 cu ft/s (1,000 m3/s)[5] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Juana Diaz, Ponce |
| River system | Jacaguas River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Quebrada Jaguayes Quebrada Chorrera |
| • right | Quebrada Guanabana |
Origin and course
Jacaguas has its origin in the municipality of Villalba, Puerto Rico, in the boundary between barrio Vacas and barrio Hato Puerco Arriba,[7] at an altitude of approximately 2,099 feet (640 m) above sea level. It crosses the municipalities of Villalba and Juana Díaz, forming the Guayabal Lake, before approaching the municipality of Ponce where it becomes the boundary between Ponce and Juana Díaz most of its trajectory. From there it empties into the Caribbean Sea.