Río Blanco (Ponce, Puerto Rico)

Río Blanco (Ponce, Puerto Rico)
Origin Barrio Anón
Mouth Río Prieto
Progression Barrio Anon
Basin countries Puerto Rico
Location Ponce
Length 2 km[1]
Source elevation 2,970 feet (910 m)[2][note 1]
Mouth elevation 1,381 feet (421 m)[3][4]
River system Rio Bucana (via Rio Cerrillos, via Rio Prieto)
Left tributaries Quebrada Jamiel

Río Blanco is a river in the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. It empties into Rio Prieto.[5] Together with Rio Prieto, Río Blanco is one of the two rivers in Ponce with their mouth at the highest elevation (both at 1,381 feet).[6] This river is one of the 14 rivers in the municipality.

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Origin and course

Rio Blanco originates in the mountains of barrio Anón in Ponce,[7] right at the foot of PR-143, and cuts through the northern mountains of Barrio Anón.[8] It runs for about 1.8 kilometers before it is fed by Quebrada Jamiel (Jamiel Brook). After this it runs for about 0.2 kilometers before it feeds into Rio Prieto some 800 feet southwest of the intersection of PR-139 and Camino La Poblada.

See also

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Notes

  1. ^ Note: There is no universally agreed upon definition for determining a stream's source. Here the two-year old information from the maps of the Government of Puerto Rico (dated 2009-2010) is used over the 30-year old (dated 1981) information from the USGS as it is more consistent with 2000-2011 Google images.

References

  1. ^ Maptest. 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. ^ Maptest. 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.
  3. ^ US Geographical Survey.
  4. ^ Maptest. 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.
  5. ^ Government of the Autonomous Municipality of Ponce. Recursos Naturales. Ponce Ciudad Señorial.
  6. ^ US Geographical Survey.
  7. ^ 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 February 26, 2010.
  8. ^ Historia de Nuestros Barrios: Barrio Anon, Ponce. Page 5. Accessed 27 May 2011.

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