Descalabrado River
Native nameRío Descalabrado (Spanish)
Location
CommonwealthPuerto Rico
MunicipalityCoamo, Juana Díaz, Santa Isabel
Physical characteristics
Source 
  locationSanta Catalina, Coamo
Mouth 
  location
Caribbean Sea in Playita Cortada, Descalabrado, Santa Isabel on the municipal border with Juana Díaz

The Descalabrado River (Spanish: Río Descalabrado) is a river of Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico. It also goes through parts of Juana Díaz, and Coamo.[1][2][3]

Poecilia sphenops, Guppy, and Awaous banana are some of the fish found in Descalabrado River.[4]

See also

17°58′53″N 66°27′05″W / 17.9813543°N 66.4512819°W / 17.9813543; -66.4512819[5]

References

  1. "Rios de Puerto Rico" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on October 23, 2008.
  2. "Jacksonville District Navigable Waters Lists" (PDF). saj.usace.army.mil. SAJ. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-01-26. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
  3. Luis Santiago-Rivera. Low-Flow Characteristics at Selected Sites on Streams in Southern and Western Puerto Rico Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4147 (1996) (PDF) (Report). U.S. Department of the Interior. p. 20. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
  4. Rodríguez-Barreras, Ruber; Zapata-Arroyo, Camille; Falcón L., Wilfredo; Olmeda, María De Lourdes (December 1, 2019). "An island invaded by exotics: a review of freshwater fish in Puerto Rico". Neotropical Biodiversity. Informa UK Limited. 6 (1): 42–59. doi:10.1080/23766808.2020.1729303. ISSN 2376-6808.
  5. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Río Descalabrado


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