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 , Río Prieto originates at the second highest point of any river in the municipality after Río Inabon. It empties into Río Cerrillos.Government of the Autonomous Municipality of Ponce. Recursos Naturales. Ponce Ciudad Señorial. Together with Río Blanco, Río Prieto is one of the two rivers in Ponce with mouths at the highest elevation (both at ).US Geographical Survey. This river is one of the 14 rivers in the municipality.
Origin Río Prieto has its origin in barrio Anón in Ponce, in the area of 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. half a kilometer southwest of Cerro Jayuya and about 0.75 kilometer southeast of Cerro de Punta. It is a tributary of Río Cerrillos and part of the Río Bucana watershed.
Course Running south from its origin, Río Prieto runs for about 3 kilometers before it is fed by Rio Blanco. Río Prieto winds its way through the mountains paralleling PR-139 for about 1 kilometer before it feeds into Río Cerrillos approximately 800 feet west of the intersection of PR-139 and Camino Cerrillo in Barrio Anón.
See also
List of rivers of Puerto Rico List of rivers of Ponce
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References
External links USGS Hydrologic Unit Map – Caribbean Region (1974)