Jacaguas River

{{Short description|River of Puerto Rico}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}

{{Infobox river

| name = Río Jacaguas

| image = Rio Jacaguas, a 100 pies de su desembocadura en el Mar Caribe, mirando hacia el sur, Bo. Capitanejo, Juana Diaz, PR (DSC05621).jpg

| image_size = 200px

| image_alt =

| image_caption = Río Jacaguas, as seen from Barrio Capitanejo, Juana Díaz, some 100 feet before it empties into the Caribbean Sea

| pushpin_map = Puerto Rico

| pushpin_map_size =

| pushpin_map_caption= Location of mouth

| source1_location = Villalba

| source1_coordinates = {{Coord|17.9738553|-66.5393380|region:US-PR_type:river_source:gnis|display=inline,title|notes={{Gnis|1612542|Río Jacaguas}}}}

| mouth_location = Caribbean Sea

| progression = Juana Diaz, Ponce

| subdivision_type1 = Commonwealth

| subdivision_name1 = Puerto Rico

| subdivision_type2 = Municipality

| subdivision_name2 =

| location =

| length = {{convert|24.68|mi|km|sp=us}}[http://www.drna.gobierno.pr/biblioteca/publicaciones/hojas-de-nuestro-ambiente/13-LOS%20RIOS%20T..pdf Los Rios.] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401205148/http://www.drna.gobierno.pr/biblioteca/publicaciones/hojas-de-nuestro-ambiente/13-LOS%20RIOS%20T..pdf |date=April 1, 2012 }} Hojas de Nuestro Ambiente. February 2007: P013. Page 3. Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources. Retrieved 30 October 2011.

| source1_elevation = {{convert|2099|ft|m|sp=us}}

| mouth_elevation = {{convert|0|ft|m|sp=us}}

| discharge1_avg = {{convert|37,000|cuft/s|m3/s|abbr=on}}Ferdinand Quiñones and Karl G. Johnson. The Floods of May 17–18, 1985 and October 6–7, 1985 in Puerto Rico. U.S. Geological Survey. Open File Report 87-123. Prepared in Conjunction with the Puerto Rico Department of Natural Resources, Puerto Rico Environmental Quality Board, and the Puerto Rico Highway Authority. San Juan, Puerto Rico. 1987. Page 15.

| basin_size = {{convert|59.85|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}[http://www.drna.gobierno.pr/biblioteca/publicaciones/hojas-de-nuestro-ambiente/13-LOS%20RIOS%20T..pdf Los Rios.] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401205148/http://www.drna.gobierno.pr/biblioteca/publicaciones/hojas-de-nuestro-ambiente/13-LOS%20RIOS%20T..pdf |date=April 1, 2012 }} Hojas de Nuestro Ambiente. February 2007: P013. Page 3. Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources. Retrieved 30 October 2011.

| river_system = Jacaguas River

| tributaries_left = Quebrada Jaguayes
Quebrada Chorrera

| tributaries_right = Quebrada Guanabana

}}

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Río Jacaguas is a river shared between the municipalities of Ponce and Juana Díaz in Puerto Rico. It flows from north to south, draining into the Caribbean Sea east of the city of Ponce. One of the 14 rivers in the municipality of Ponce, it is also the longest, at {{convert|39.72|km|mi|sp=us}}. The river has a discharge of 37,000 ft³/second, making it also Ponce's most affluent river.Ferdinand Quiñones and Karl G. Johnson. The Floods of May 17–18, 1985 and October 6–7, 1985 in Puerto Rico. U.S. Geological Survey. Open File Report 87-123. Prepared in Conjunction with the Puerto Rico Department of Natural Resources, Puerto Rico Environmental Quality Board, and the Puerto Rico Highway Authority. San Juan, Puerto Rico. 1987. Page 15.