Anón River (Spanish: Río Anón) is a river in the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico.[6] It is located in the northeastern area of the municipality. Río Anón is one of the 14 rivers in the municipality and, at 1,060 feet (320 m), it is also the third with the highest river mouth location, after Río Prieto and Río Blanco, both of which have their mouths at 1,381 feet (421 m).[7] Río Anón is a tributary of Río Inabón. It has a length of approximately 4 kilometers (2.5 mi) and generally runs south. It has both its origin and its mouth in Barrio Anón.
| Río Anón | |
|---|---|
 Map showing the location of Río Anón among the other rivers in the municipality. The area in pink represents the urban zone of the city | |
| Location | |
| Commonwealth | Puerto Rico |
| Municipality | Ponce |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Barrio Anón, Ponce, Puerto Rico |
| • coordinates | 18°07′55″N 66°34′48″W / 18.1319046°N 66.5798949°W[1] |
| • elevation | 3,854 feet (1,175 m)[2] |
| Mouth | |
• location | Río Inabón, barrio Anón, Ponce, Puerto Rico |
• elevation | 1,060 feet (320 m)[3][4] |
| Length | 4 kilometers (2.5 mi)[5] |
| Basin size | Río Inabón |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Barrio Anon, Municipality of Ponce |
| River system | Río Inabón |
Origin and course
editThe river originates in the mountains of the Toro Negro State Forest,[8] in barrio Anón in Ponce,[9] and cuts through the center of Barrio Anón.[10] It then feeds into Río Inabón just south of the intersection of PR-511 and Camino Jurutungo in central Barrio Anón. Río Anón has both its origin and its mouth in barrio Anón.[11]
The following table summarizes the course of Rio Anón in terms of roads crossed. Roads are listed as the river flows from its origin in the mountains of Barrio Anón, north of the city of Ponce, to its feeding into Rio Inabón (N/A = Data not available):
| No. | Barrio | Road | Road's km marker |
NBI ID[12] | Bridge name (if any) |
Direction (of bridge traffic) |
Coordinates | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anón | PR-511R | N/A | N/A | Unnamed | Both | 18°8′25.008″N 66°35′18.708″W / 18.14028000°N 66.58853000°W | 0.1 km East of PR-511, km 14.5, on PR-511R (0.1 km S of Camino El Monte) |
| 2 | Anón | Camino Comunidad Los Chinos | not marked | N/A | Unnamed | Both | 18°8′11.796″N 66°34′56.316″W / 18.13661000°N 66.58231000°W | 0.1 km East of PR-511, km 13.2, on Camino Comunidad Los Chinos |
| 3 | Anón | Camino Jurutungo | not marked | N/A | Unnamed | Both | 18°8′0.2034″N 66°34′47.244″W / 18.133389833°N 66.57979000°W | 0.1 km East of PR-511, km 12.7, on Camino Jurutungo |
| 4 | Anón | Unnamed | not marked | 23401 | Unnamed | Both | 18°7′55.8114″N 66°34′47.244″W / 18.132169833°N 66.57979000°W | 0.1 km East of PR-511, km 12.5, on Unnamed Road [Note: At this point the river is Río Inabón] |
Río Inabón
editRío Anón becomes Río Inabón at the point just south of the intersections of PR-511 and Camino Jurutungo. After this point, Río Inabón winds its way through the hills paralleling PR-511 through barrios Anón and Real. It follows by the eastern edge of barrio Coto Laurel, and then forms the border between barrios Vayas and Capitanejo before it empties into the Caribbean Sea as Río Inabón.[13]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Río Anón
- ^ General Purpose Population Data, Census 2000. Archived 2010-08-12 at the Wayback Machine Unidad de Sistemas de Información Geográfica, Área de Tecnología de Información Gubernamental, Oficina de Gerencia y Presupuesto. Gobierno de Puerto Rico. Retrieved 25 November 2011.
- ^ Río Anón. US Geographical Survey.
- ^ Maptest. Archived 2010-02-18 at the Wayback Machine Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. General Purpose Population Data, Census 2000. Unidad de Sistemas de Información Geográfica, Área de Tecnología de Información Gubernamental, Oficina de Gerencia y Presupuesto. Gobierno de Puerto Rico. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
- ^ Maptest. Archived 2010-02-18 at the Wayback Machine Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. General Purpose Population Data, Census 2000. Unidad de Sistemas de Información Geográfica, Área de Tecnología de Información Gubernamental, Oficina de Gerencia y Presupuesto. Gobierno de Puerto Rico. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
- ^ Ponce. Archived 2011-06-14 at the Wayback Machine Jorge A. Figueroa Irizarry, Director. Ponce History Museum. Released by Professor F. Suarez. Pontificial Catholic University of Puerto Rico. Page 25.
- ^ Río Anón. US Geographical Survey. Query for Streams in Ponce, Puerto Rico. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
- ^ Bosques de Puerto Rico: Bosque Estatal de Toro Negro. Archived 7 August 2015 at the Wayback Machine Hojas de Nuestro Ambiente. July 2008. [Publication/Issue: P-030] Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
- ^ General Purpose Population Data, Census 2000. Archived 2010-08-12 at the Wayback Machine Unidad de Sistemas de Información Geográfica, Área de Tecnología de Información Gubernamental, Oficina de Gerencia y Presupuesto. Gobierno de Puerto Rico. Retrieved 26 February 2010.
- ^ Historia de Nuestros Barrios: Barrio Anón, Ponce.[usurped] El Sur a la Vista. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 18 October 2010. Page 5. Accessed 13 February 2011.
- ^ Historia de Nuestros Barrios: Barrio Anón, Ponce.[usurped] El Sur a la Vista. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 18 October 2010. Page 5. Accessed 13 February 2011.
- ^ National Bridge Inventory Data: Puerto Rico, Ponce. James Baughn. BridgeReports.com 2018. Accessed 25 November 2018.
- ^ Ponce, Puerto Rico: Hidrografia. Proyecto Salon Hogar.