Jacaguas River information

Río Jacaguas
Río Jacaguas
	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°58′26″N 66°32′22″W / 17.9738553°N 66.5393380°W
• elevation	2,099 feet (640 m)
Mouth
• location	Caribbean Sea
• elevation	0 feet (0 m)
Length	24.68 miles (39.72 km)
Basin size	59.85 sq mi (155.0 km2)
Discharge
• average	37,000 cu ft/s (1,000 m3/s)
Basin features
Progression	Juana Diaz, Ponce
River system	Jacaguas River
Tributaries
• left	Quebrada Jaguayes; Quebrada Chorrera
• right	Quebrada Guanabana

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 Ponce's most affluent river.^[5]

^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Río Jacaguas
^ Los Rios. Archived April 1, 2012, at the Wayback Machine Hojas de Nuestro Ambiente. February 2007: P013. Page 3. Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
^ Los Rios. Archived April 1, 2012, at the Wayback Machine Hojas de Nuestro Ambiente. February 2007: P013. Page 3. Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
^ Ferdinand Quiñones and Karl G. Johnson. The Floods of May 17–18, 1985 and October 6–7, 1985 in Puerto Rico. U.S. Geological Survey. Open File Report 87-123. Prepared in Conjunction with the Puerto Rico Department of Natural Resources, Puerto Rico Environmental Quality Board, and the Puerto Rico Highway Authority. San Juan, Puerto Rico. 1987. Page 15.
^ Ferdinand Quiñones and Karl G. Johnson. The Floods of May 17–18, 1985 and October 6–7, 1985 in Puerto Rico. U.S. Geological Survey. Open File Report 87-123. Prepared in Conjunction with the Puerto Rico Department of Natural Resources, Puerto Rico Environmental Quality Board, and the Puerto Rico Highway Authority. San Juan, Puerto Rico. 1987. Page 15.

[1] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Río Jacaguas

[2] Los Rios. Archived April 1, 2012, at the Wayback Machine Hojas de Nuestro Ambiente. February 2007: P013. Page 3. Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources. Retrieved 30 October 2011.

[3] Los Rios. Archived April 1, 2012, at the Wayback Machine Hojas de Nuestro Ambiente. February 2007: P013. Page 3. Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources. Retrieved 30 October 2011.

[4] Ferdinand Quiñones and Karl G. Johnson. The Floods of May 17–18, 1985 and October 6–7, 1985 in Puerto Rico. U.S. Geological Survey. Open File Report 87-123. Prepared in Conjunction with the Puerto Rico Department of Natural Resources, Puerto Rico Environmental Quality Board, and the Puerto Rico Highway Authority. San Juan, Puerto Rico. 1987. Page 15.

[5] Ferdinand Quiñones and Karl G. Johnson. The Floods of May 17–18, 1985 and October 6–7, 1985 in Puerto Rico. U.S. Geological Survey. Open File Report 87-123. Prepared in Conjunction with the Puerto Rico Department of Natural Resources, Puerto Rico Environmental Quality Board, and the Puerto Rico Highway Authority. San Juan, Puerto Rico. 1987. Page 15.

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