Saliente River

{{short description|River of Puerto Rico}}

{{Infobox river

| name = Saliente River

| image = Piedra Escrita in Jayuya, Puerto Rico.jpg

| image_size =

| image_caption = {{lang|es|Piedra Escrita}}, a boulder in the Saliente River in Jayuya, Puerto Rico

| source1_location =

| mouth_location = Jayuya, Puerto Rico

| subdivision_type1 = Commonwealth

| subdivision_name1 = Puerto Rico

| subdivision_type2 = Municipality

| subdivision_name2 = Jayuya

| length =

| source1_elevation = 1427 ft

| mouth_elevation =

| discharge1_avg =

| basin_size =

}}

The Saliente River is a river in Jayuya, Puerto Rico.

{{lang|es|Piedra Escrita}} is a large boulder in the river with petroglyphs from Taino.{{Cite magazine|url=https://archive.archaeology.org/1103/trenches/la_piedra_escrita_puerto_rico.html|title=From The Trenches - Off the Grid - La Piedra Escrita|magazine=archive.archaeology.org|access-date=2019-11-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191105145619/https://archive.archaeology.org/1103/trenches/la_piedra_escrita_puerto_rico.html|archive-date=2019-11-05|url-status=live}}{{cite web| title=The Taína Route and Indigenous Culture in Puerto Rico | website=Discover Puerto Rico | url=https://www.discoverpuertorico.com/article/taina-route-indigenous-culture-puerto-rico | access-date=23 June 2020}}

See also

{{Coord|18.2182896|-66.5901729|region:US-PR_type:river_source:gnis|display=title|notes={{Gnis|1612598|Río Saliente}}}}

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