Río Grande de Añasco

The Río Grande de Añasco in the coastal plain, swollen by rain

The Río Grande de Añasco (also, in English, Añasco Big River or just Añasco River) is a river in western Puerto Rico. Its source is in the Cordillera Central mountain range west of Adjuntas, and it flows about 40 miles (64 km) westwards to its mouth on the Mona Passage 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Mayagüez.

Coordinates: 18°16′00″N 67°11′17″W / 18.2666183°N 67.1879583°W / 18.2666183; -67.1879583[1]

It is spanned by the Puente de Añasco, a bridge listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Río Grande de Añasco
  • Añasco River. The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. Columbia University Press, 2000. (Available online.)


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