Río Chiquito
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The Río Chiquito is a river in the municipality of Ponce
, Puerto Rico
. This river feeds into the Rio Portugues in the sector called Parras. It has its origin in the mountains west of Montes Llanos. Rio Chiquito is fed by Quebrada del Pastillo. This river is one of the 14 rivers in the municipality.
Ponce, Puerto Rico
Ponce is both a city and a municipality in the southern part of Puerto Rico. The city is the seat of the municipal government.The city of Ponce, the fourth most populated in Puerto Rico, and the most populated outside of the San Juan metropolitan area, is named for Juan Ponce de León y Loayza, the...
, Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
. This river feeds into the Rio Portugues in the sector called Parras. It has its origin in the mountains west of Montes Llanos. Rio Chiquito is fed by Quebrada del Pastillo. This river is one of the 14 rivers in the municipality.
Origin
Rio Chiquitio has its origin in barrio Montes Llanos at an altitude of 390 meters (1,170 feet). It forms in the area north of Camino Paseo del Rio and west of Camino Paseo Panoramico II, in south central Montes Llanos, about half kilometer west of PR-505, and approximately 1 mile (1.6 kilometers) north of the northern terminus of PR-504.Course
Rio Chiquito runs from south central barrio Montes Llanos into north central barrio Portugues dividing barrio Portugues lengthwise from north to south into essentially two equal halves. It crosses several times the east-to-west Camino La Cuchilla Road as it continues southward. After this, the river is found next to the western edge of PR-588, also known as Camino Rio Chiquito, until PR-588 comes to its southern terminus where it meets PR-504. From this point onward Rio Chiquito runs southward along the western edge of PR-504 for approximately 600 meters until it crosses the PR-504. Running southward along the eastern edge of PR-504 for about one kilometer, Rio Chiquito crosses PR-504 again to join Rio Portugues some 300 meters after this point, where it ends. This southern terminus for the river occurs 250 feet north of PR-10, 250 feet east of PR-503, and 250 feet west of PR-504. At its mouth Rio Chiquito experiences an elevation of 98 feet.See also
External links
- USGS Hydrologic Unit Map – Caribbean Region (1974)