Icacos River
{{Short description|River in Puerto Rico}}
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| name = Icacos River
| native_name = {{Native name list |tag1 = es |name1 = Río Icacos |tag2 = es |name2 = Río Hicacos}}
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| name_etymology = Chrysobalanus icaco
| image = Hicacos Falls in El Yunque NF.jpg
| image_caption = Icacos Falls where the Prieto and Cubuy Rivers meet the Icacos River
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| subdivision_type1 = Commonwealth
| subdivision_name1 = Puerto Rico
| subdivision_type2 = Municipality
| subdivision_name2 = Naguabo
| length = 2.3 miles
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| source1_elevation = 2158 ft.
| mouth = Blanco River
| mouth_location = Naguabo, Puerto Rico
| mouth_coordinates = {{Coord|18.2521781|-65.7857184|region:US-PR_type:river_source:gnis|display=inline,title}}{{Gnis|1612537|Río Icacos}}
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| designation1_type = Scenic
| designation1_date = December 19, 2002
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The Icacos River ({{langx|es|Río Icacos}}), sometimes spelled Hicacos, is a river of Naguabo, Puerto Rico. It is {{convert|2.3|mi}} long and has received the designation of "Wild and Scenic River" by the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.{{cite web |title=Rio Icacos |url=https://www.rivers.gov/rivers/rio-icacos.php |website=National Wild and Scenic River System}} This river aids the hydroelectric dam in Naguabo.{{cite web | last=Rivera Clemente | first=Yaritza| title=Los 20 embalses de la Isla permanecerán bajo responsabilidad de la AEE |trans-title= The AEE will continue to be responsible for these 20 island reservoirs | website=El Vocero de Puerto Rico | date=2021-06-03 | url=https://www.elvocero.com/gobierno/los-20-embalses-de-la-isla-permanecer-n-bajo-responsabilidad-de-la-aee/article_7818ceb6-c410-11eb-9b04-3b60ad3c0c38.html | language=es | access-date=2021-07-01}}
Río Icacos National Wild and Scenic River
The Icacos River has been designated a National Wild and Scenic River since 2009. The river is located within El Yunque National Forest and El Toro Wilderness, and it has some of the most varied terrain of any of the forest rivers.
The Icacos River flows into a three-river junction (together with the Cubuy and Prieto Rivers) through a series of waterfalls often called the Icacos Falls or Cubuy Falls, also located within the municipality of Naguabo.{{Cite web|last=National Wild and Scenic Rivers System|title=Rio Icacos|url=https://www.rivers.gov/rivers/rio-icacos.php|website=rivers.gov}} This is the source of the Blanco River which flows southeast towards the Caribbean Sea in Río barrio, Naguabo.
Gallery
File:Rocks in Icacos River.jpg|Boulders in Icacos River
File:Icacos River in Naguabo2.jpg|Waterfall in Icacos River
See also
References
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External links
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- [https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/hu58 USGS Hydrologic Unit Map – Caribbean Region (1974)]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20081023123302/http://www.linktopr.com/rios.html Rios de Puerto Rico]
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Category:Rivers of Puerto Rico
Category:Wild and Scenic Rivers of the United States
Category:2002 establishments in Puerto Rico
Category:Protected areas established in 2002
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