Pastillo River

Río Pastillo
Río Marueño
Río Pastillo during the dry season in Barrio Canas
Map showing the location of Río Pastillo among the other rivers in the municipality. The area in pink represents the urban zone of the city
Pastillo River is located in Puerto Rico
Pastillo River
Location of mouth
EtymologyBarrio Marueño
Location
CountryUnited States
TerritoryPuerto Rico
MunicipalityPonce
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationBarrio Guaraguao, Ponce
 • coordinates18°00′07″N 66°38′26″W / 18.0019106°N 66.6404508°W / 18.0019106; -66.6404508[1]
 • elevation435 feet (133 m)[2]
Mouth 
 • location
Rio Matilde
 • elevation
15 feet (4.6 m)[3]
Length19 kilometers (12 mi)[4]
Basin features
ProgressionMarueño
Quebrada Limón
Canas
Canas Urbano
River systemRío Matilde[5]
Tributaries 
 • leftQuebrada Limon
Quebrada del Agua

Río Pastillo is a river in the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. It is also known as Río Marueño in the area of the municipality where it runs through barrio Marueño.[6] Together with Cañas River, Pastillo forms Matilde River. Pastillo is one of the 14 rivers in the municipality. The river originates at an altitude of 435 feet. Its tributaries are Quebrada Limon and Quebrada del Agua brooks and the river runs for 19 kilometers before feeding into Río Matilde at a height of 15 feet in Barrio Canas Urbano.

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Río Pastillo
  2. ^ Maptest. Archived 18 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. General Purpose Population Data, Census 2000. Unidad de Sistemas de Información Geográfica, Área de Tecnología de Información Gubernamental, Oficina de Gerencia y Presupuesto. Gobierno de Puerto Rico. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
  3. ^ Maptest. Archived 18 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. General Purpose Population Data, Census 2000. Unidad de Sistemas de Información Geográfica, Área de Tecnología de Información Gubernamental, Oficina de Gerencia y Presupuesto. Gobierno de Puerto Rico. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
  4. ^ Estudios Sociales: Hidrografia of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Projecto Salon Hogar. Retrieved 8 August 2009.
  5. ^ Los Rios. Archived 1 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine Hojas de Nuestro Ambiente. February 2007: P013. Page 3. Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
  6. ^ Las Fiestas Populares de Ponce. Ramon Marin. San Juan, Puerto Rico: Editorial de la Universidad de Puerto Rico. 1994. Page 187. Retrieved 23 July 2012.