Arroyo Las Minas is a river

River

A river is a natural watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, a lake, a sea, or another river. In a few cases, a river simply flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water. Small rivers may also be called by several other names, including...

 in the southwest area of the municipality

Municipality

A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...

 of San Martín de Hidalgo

San Martín de Hidalgo

San Martín de Hidalgo is a city and municipality, in Jalisco in central-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 324.57 km².As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 26,306; and the city had a population of 8,092....

 in the Mexican state of Jalisco

Jalisco

Jalisco officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Jalisco is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is located in Western Mexico and divided in 125 municipalities and its capital city is Guadalajara.It is one of the more important states...

. The newly constructed San Jerónimo Dam

San Jeronimo Dam

The San Jerónimo Dam is a dam located near the hill of La Tecolota in the town of San Jerónimo, Jalisco, Mexico. The dam was built at a cost of 8,461,000; it was inaugurated on February 10, 2009 by the state governor Emilio González Márquez....

 impounds the river near the town of San Jerónimo

San Jerónimo (Los Barbosa)

-Flora:Many native trees live numerously in the town and the slopes, most of them are leguminous. These trees are:-Economy:The economy in the town was mostly farming maize in cuamiles, which are crops on mountain slopes, and cattle ranching...

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The river flows from its source near the town of Quila, Jalisco

Quila, Jalisco

Quila, also known as Quila el Grande, is rural town in the municipality of Tecolotlán in the Mexican State of Jalisco. La Sierra de Quila, a nearby mountain range, was named after the town.-Population:...

 northeastward toward the community of San Jerónimo where the residents would wash clothes on its banks. In San Jerónimo, the river meets with the Arroyo Los Laureles. From San Jerónimo, the river eastern turn to Santa Cruz de las Flores where it intersects with another river called el Río Grande, and both form to become the Río San Martín that heads out north and drains to the Ameca River

Ameca River

The Río Ameca is a river of some 230 km in length in western Mexico.It rises in the Bosque de la Primavera in Jalisco, 23 km to the west of state capital Guadalajara; flows through the city of Ameca; and then forms the boundary between Jalisco and Nayarit on its way to the Pacific Ocean, where it...

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