Culebrinas River

Culebrinas River
Culebrinas River
	River as seen from bridge between Magos barrio and Culebrinas barrio
	Location of mouth
Native name	Río Culebrinas (Spanish)
Location
Commonwealth	Puerto Rico
Municipality	Lares, San Sebastián, Moca, Aguada and Aguadilla
Physical characteristics
Source
• coordinates	18°16′21″N 66°53′39″W / 18.27250°N 66.89417°W
Mouth	Mona Passage
• coordinates	18°24′21″N 67°10′37″W / 18.40583°N 67.17694°W
• elevation	0 ft (0 m)
Length	25 mi (40 km)
Basin size	105 sq mi (270 km2)

The Culebrinas River (Spanish: Río Culebrinas; pron. koo-le-BREE-nahs), is a river in northwest Puerto Rico. It originates in southwestern Lares for 25 miles (40 km) till it empties into the Mona Passage south of downtown Aguadilla. It goes through Lares, San Sebastián, Moca, Aguada and Aguadilla municipalities. It is 37.33 miles long^[3] and when it floods causes damage to infrastructure in a number of municipalities.^[4]

^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Río Culebrinas. Retrieved on 2008-08-13.
^ RIO CULEBRINAS AT AGUADILLA Archived 2008-06-12 at the Wayback Machine. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Johnsonville District. Retrieved on 2008-08-13.
^ "Los Ríos" (PDF). Hojas de Nuestro Ambiente. Puerto Rico: DRNA. February 1, 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 1, 2012. Retrieved February 22, 2019.
^ Cite error: The named reference PH_May_2019 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[GNIS-1] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Río Culebrinas. Retrieved on 2008-08-13.

[2] RIO CULEBRINAS AT AGUADILLA Archived 2008-06-12 at the Wayback Machine. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Johnsonville District. Retrieved on 2008-08-13.

[DRNA_rivers-3] "Los Ríos" (PDF). Hojas de Nuestro Ambiente. Puerto Rico: DRNA. February 1, 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 1, 2012. Retrieved February 22, 2019.

[PH_May_2019-4] Cite error: The named reference PH_May_2019 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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