| Río Bayagán | |
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Rio Bayagan (Bayagan River) running alongside PR-505 in Barrio Machuelo Arriba, Ponce, Puerto Rico |
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| Origin | Barrio Montes Llanos |
| Mouth | Rio Cerrillos, Barrio Machuelo Arriba |
| Progression | Barrio Montes Llanos, barrio Machuelo Arriba |
| Basin countries | Puerto Rico |
| Location | Ponce, Puerto Rico |
| Length | 9 km[1] |
| Source elevation | 1,650 feet (500 m)(intermittent)[2] 141 feet (43 m) (perennial)[3] |
| Mouth elevation | 42 feet (13 m)[4] |
| River system | Rio Bucana (via Rio Cerrillos) |
Río Bayagán is a river in the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Río Bayagán is a tributary of Río Cerrillos. It has a length of approximately 6 kilometers and generally runs south. It originates in barrio Montes Llanos and runs south through barrio Machuelo Arriba for about 9 kilometers until it meets Río Cerrillos. It is part of the Río Bucaná watershed. This river is one of the 14 rivers in the municipality.
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Rio Bayagan has its origin in Montes Llanos,[5] in an area about 2 kilometers northwest of Pico Pinto (English: Pinto Peak). This river extends from the mountains in Montes Llanos and gathers waters from the streams in the vicinity of 18.08908 North and 66.61629 West, in the area of Hacienda Usera.
Rio Bayagan progresses in a southernly direction through barrio Machuelo Arriba until its mouth at coordinates 18.043575 North and 66.585728 West just west of Urbanizacion Valle Alto in the city of Ponce. At that point it feeds Rio Cerrillos, at an altitude of 42 feet. Rio Cerrillos will in turn feed into Rio Bucana further downstream, with the latter emptying into the Caribbean Sea about eight kilometers further downstream.[6]
Rio Bayagan is 6 kilometers long. However, the river is mostly an intermittent river, being perennial only about half a kilometer of its final course.[7]Like several other rivers in southern Puerto Rico, Rio Bayagan flows perennially only during the rainy season.[8]