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Pastillo River (Spanish: RÃo Pastillo) is a river in the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. It is also known as RÃo Marueño (Marueño River) in the area of the municipality where it runs through barrio Marueño. Together with Cañas River, Pastillo forms Matilde River. Pastillo is one of the 14 rivers in the municipality.
Pastillo River has its origin in the northern mountains of Ponce's Barrio Marueño. This river runs for approximately 19 kilometers (12 mi) before reaching barrio Canas in the city of Ponce where it merges with RÃo Canas to form Matilde River. The Government of Puerto Rico has plans to canalize this river.
Quebrada Limón and Quebrada del Agua are two of the main feeder streams to Pastillo River. Quebrada del Agua was diverted via canalization to drain directly to the Caribbean Sea. In times of heavy rainfall, Quebrada del Agua was prone to overflow, as it happened on 7 October 1985, when 16 people died due to its flooding.
Coordinates: 18°00′07″N 66°38′26″W / 18.0019106°N 66.6404508°W / 18.0019106; -66.6404508
Prieto River is a river in the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. It is located in the northeastern area of the municipality. Forming at an altitude of 3,920 feet (1,190Â m), RÃo Prieto originates at the second highest point of any river in the municipality after RÃo Inabon. It empties into RÃo Cerrillos. Together with RÃo Blanco, RÃo Prieto is one of the two rivers in Ponce with mouths at the highest elevation (both at 1,381 feet (421Â m)). This river is one of the 14 rivers in the municipality.
RÃo Prieto has its origin in barrio Anón in Ponce, in the area of Toro Negro State Forest, half a kilometer southwest of Cerro Jayuya and about 0.75 kilometer southeast of Cerro de Punta. It is a tributary of RÃo Cerrillos and part of the RÃo Bucana watershed.
Running south from its origin, RÃo Prieto runs for about 3 kilometers before it is fed by Rio Blanco. RÃo Prieto winds its way through the mountains paralleling PR-139 for about 1 kilometer before it feeds into RÃo Cerrillos approximately 800 feet west of the intersection of PR-139 and Camino Cerrillo in Barrio Anón.
Coordinates: 18°08′38″N 66°36′29″W / 18.1438485°N 66.6079505°W / 18.1438485; -66.6079505
San Patricio River (Spanish: RÃo San Patricio) is a river in the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. It is part of the Bucaná River river system via Cerrillos River. San Patricio is one of the 14 rivers in the municipality.
San Patricio River has its origin in the sector called Corcho, in the municipality of Utuado.
The river's course is southward from Utuado and into barrio San Patricio of the municipality of Ponce. After progressing south through barrio San Patricio, the river enters barrio Maragüez also in the municipality of Ponce. From there it continues its southerly progression until it feeds into RÃo Cerrillos.
Coordinates: 18°07′04″N 66°36′25″W / 18.1177384°N 66.6068395°W / 18.1177384; -66.6068395
