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 =
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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
- La Piedra Escrita: Rock art site in the river
- List of rivers of Puerto Rico
{{Coord|18.2182896|-66.5901729|region:US-PR_type:river_source:gnis|display=title|notes={{Gnis|1612598|Río Saliente}}}}
References
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External links
- [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]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Saliente, Rio}}
Category:Rivers of Puerto Rico
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