Culebrinas River

Culebrinas River (Río Culebrinas)
River
Looking south, the Culebrinas River and valley just west of the municipality of Moca. Summer 2008.
Country United States
Region Puerto Rico
Source
 - coordinates
Mouth Mona Passage
 - elevation 0 ft (0 m)
 - coordinates
Length 25 mi (40.2 km)
Basin 105 sq mi (272 km2)
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The Culebrinas River (Spanish: Río Culebrinas; pron. koo-le-BREE-nahs), is a river in northwest Puerto Rico. It originates in southwestern Lares and flows for 25 miles (40 km) till it empties into the Mona Passage south of downtown Aguadilla.

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History

Christopher Columbus is said to have anchored and come ashore near the mouth of the Culebrinas River in 1493. A stone cross monument was erected to mark the site, but it was destroyed by the 1918 Puerto Rico earthquake.[3][4]

Flooding

In 2007, Tropical Storm Olga caused flooding on the river, forcing an evacuation.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Río Culebrinas. Retrieved on 2008-08-13.
  2. ^ RIO CULEBRINAS AT AGUADILLA. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Johnsonville District. Retrieved on 2008-08-13.
  3. ^ Van Deusen, Richard James; Elizabeth Kneipple Van Deusen (1931). Porto Rico: A Caribbean Isle. H. Holt. pp. p. 48. OCLC 569158. 
  4. ^ U.S. Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration, Writers' Program (1940). Puerto Rico: A Guide to the Island of Boriquén. The University Society. pp. p. 68. OCLC 245805. 
  5. ^ "Storm Olga floods Puerto Rico, drenches Hispaniola". Reuters. 11 December 2007. http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSNCB53337620071212. Retrieved 2008-08-13. 

External links

Puerto Rico portal