Río Pastillo
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Río Pastillo is a river in the municipality of Ponce
, Puerto Rico
. It is also known as "Rio Marueño". Together with Rio Canas, Rio Pastillo forms Rio Matilde
. Rio Pastillo is one of the 14 rivers in the municipality.
. This river runs for approximately 19 kilometres (11.8 mi) before reaching barrio Canas
in the city of Ponce where it merges with Río Canas to form Río Matilde
. The Government of Puerto Rico has plans to channalize
this river.
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 lost their lives due to its flooding.
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...
. It is also known as "Rio Marueño". Together with Rio Canas, Rio Pastillo forms Rio Matilde
Río Matilde
The Río Matilde is a short river in the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. It forms from the confluence of Rio Pastillo and Rio Canas This river is one of the 14 rivers in the municipality and, forming at an altitude of just , it is the river forming at the lowest altitute in Ponce.-Origin:At ...
. Rio Pastillo is one of the 14 rivers in the municipality.
Origin
Rio Pastillo has its origin in the northern mountains of Ponce's Barrio MarueñoMarueño
Marueño is one of the 31 barrios of the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Along with Anón, Coto Laurel, Guaraguao, Quebrada Limón, Real, and San Patricio, and the coastal barrios of Canas and Capitanejo, Marueño is one of the municipality's nine bordering barrios. Marueño borders the...
. This river runs for approximately 19 kilometres (11.8 mi) before reaching barrio Canas
Canas (Ponce)
Canas is one of the 31 barrios in the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Along with Anón, Coto Laurel, Guaraguao, Quebrada Limón, Real, San Patricio, and Marueño, and the coastal barrio of Capitanejo, Canas is one of the municipality's nine bordering barrios. It borders the municipality of...
in the city of Ponce where it merges with Río Canas to form Río Matilde
Río Matilde
The Río Matilde is a short river in the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. It forms from the confluence of Rio Pastillo and Rio Canas This river is one of the 14 rivers in the municipality and, forming at an altitude of just , it is the river forming at the lowest altitute in Ponce.-Origin:At ...
. The Government of Puerto Rico has plans to channalize
River engineering
River engineering is the process of planned human intervention in the course, characteristics or flow of a river with the intention of producing some defined benefit. People have intervened in the natural course and behaviour of rivers since before recorded history - to manage the water resources,...
this river.
Feeder streams
The Quebrada Limón and Quebrada del Agua are two of the main feeder streams to Río Pastillo. Quebrada del Agua was diverted via channelizationRiver engineering
River engineering is the process of planned human intervention in the course, characteristics or flow of a river with the intention of producing some defined benefit. People have intervened in the natural course and behaviour of rivers since before recorded history - to manage the water resources,...
to drain directly to the Caribbean Sea
Caribbean Sea
The Caribbean Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean located in the tropics of the Western hemisphere. It is bounded by Mexico and Central America to the west and southwest, to the north by the Greater Antilles, and to the east by the Lesser Antilles....
. In times of heavy rainfall, Quebrada del Agua was prone to overflow, as it happened on 7 October 1985, when 16 people lost their lives due to its flooding.