Anón River () is a river in the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico,Ponce. Jorge A. Figueroa Irizarry, Director. Ponce History Museum. Released by Professor F. Suarez. Pontificial Catholic University of Puerto Rico. Page 25. located in the northeastern area of the municipality. The Anón is one of the 14 rivers in the municipality and, at at its confluence with the Inabón River, it is also the third with the highest mouth location, after Prieto and Blanco Rivers, both of which have their mouths at .Río Anón. US Geographical Survey. Query for Streams in Ponce, Puerto Rico. Retrieved 26 October 2011. It has a length of approximately and generally runs south. It has both its origin and its mouth in barrio Anón, which is named after the river. El Sur a la Vista. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 18 October 2010. Page 5. Accessed 13 February 2011.
Origin and course The river originates in the southern slope of Monte Jayuya, one of the mountains of the Toro Negro State Forest.Bosques de Puerto Rico: Bosque Estatal de Toro Negro. Hojas de Nuestro Ambiente. July 2008. [Publication/Issue: P-030] Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources. Retrieved 29 July 2013. It then feeds into the Inabón River just south of the intersection of PR-511 and Camino Jurutungo in central barrio Anón. El Sur a la Vista. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 18 October 2010. Page 5. Accessed 13 February 2011.
The following table summarizes the course of Rio Anón in terms of roads crossed. Roads are listed as the river flows from its origin in the mountains of Barrio Anón, north of the city of Ponce, to its feeding into Rio Inabón (N/A = Data not available):
No. Barrio Road Road'skm marker NBI IDNational Bridge Inventory Data: Puerto Rico, Ponce. James Baughn. BridgeReports.com 2018. Accessed 25 November 2018. Bridge name (if any) Direction (of bridge traffic) Coordinates Notes1Anón PR-511R N/A N/A Unnamed Both 0.1 km East of PR-511, km 14.5, on PR-511R (0.1 km S of Camino El Monte)2Anón Camino Comunidad Los Chinos not marked N/A Unnamed Both 0.1 km East of PR-511, km 13.2, on Camino Comunidad Los Chinos 3Anón Camino Jurutungo not marked N/A Unnamed Both 0.1 km East of PR-511, km 12.7, on Camino Jurutungo 4Anón Unnamed not marked 23401 Unnamed Both 0.1 km East of PR-511, km 12.5, on Unnamed Road [Note: confluence with the Inabón River]
See also List of rivers of Puerto Rico List of rivers of Ponce
References
External links USGS Hydrologic Unit Map – Caribbean Region (1974) Rios de Puerto Rico