| Yaque del Norte | |
|---|---|
 Rio Yaque del Norte, Dominican Republic | |
  Location of mouth | |
| Location | |
| Country |  Dominican Republic |
| Provinces | La Vega, Santiago, Valverde, Santiago Rodríguez, Monte Cristi |
| Major cities | Santiago de los Caballeros, Mao, Jarabacoa, Guayubín, Monte Cristi, Castañuelas |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | Atlantic Ocean |
• coordinates | 19°50′24″N 71°41′13″W / 19.84000°N 71.68694°W |
| Length | 298 km (185 mi) |
| Basin size | 7,044 km2 (2,720 sq mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Bao, Ámina, Mao, Guayubín, Guanajuma, Jagua |
| • right | Jimenoa, Inoa, Maguaca, Maguá, Pananao, Jicomé |
The Yaque Del Norte River (Spanish, Río Yaque del Norte) is the longest river in the Dominican Republic, as well as the second longest river on Hispaniola, behind the Artibonite River. It is 296 km long and flows northwest into the Atlantic Ocean.[1][2]
- ^ De la Fuente, Santiago (1976). Geografía Dominicana (in Spanish). Santo Domingo: Editora Colegial Quisqueyana. pp. 112–118.
- ^ "Yaque Del Norte River". National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, GeoNames Server. Retrieved August 2, 2021.