Cibuco River Explained

Cibuco River
Pushpin Map:	USA Puerto Rico
Subdivision Type1:	Commonwealth
Subdivision Name1:	Puerto Rico
Subdivision Type2:	Municipality
Subdivision Name2:	Vega Baja
Length:	23.75 miles
Basin Size:	91.57 sq mi

The Cibuco River (Spanish; Castilian: Río Cibuco) is a river of Vega Baja, Puerto Rico. Part of the river goes through Vega Alta and Corozal municipalities.^{[1] [2]} It is 23.75 miles long.^[3] Cibuco River meets Indio River.^[4] The river flooded up to 15 feet during Hurricane Maria in some neighborhoods and as late as 2019, the river floods when rains are heavy.^[5]

See also

• List of rivers of Puerto Rico

External links

• USGS Hydrologic Unit Map – Caribbean Region (1974)
• Ríos de Puerto Rico

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rios de Puerto Rico . Victor . Suarez . https://web.archive.org/web/20081023123302/http://www.linktopr.com/rios.html . October 23, 2008 . dead . es.
2. Web site: Jacksonville District Navigable Waters Lists . saj.usace.army.mil . SAJ . 18 February 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170126184015/http://www.saj.usace.army.mil/Portals/44/docs/regulatory/sourcebook/other_permitting_factors/Jacksonville%20District%20Section%2010%20Waters.pdf . 2017-01-26 . live .
3. February 1, 2007 . Los Ríos . dead. Hojas de Nuestro Ambiente. Puerto Rico. DRNA. https://web.archive.org/web/20120401205148/http://www.drna.gobierno.pr/biblioteca/publicaciones/hojas-de-nuestro-ambiente/13-LOS%20RIOS%20T..pdf . April 1, 2012 . February 22, 2019.
4. Book: Peter E. Siegel. Ancient Borinquen: Archaeology and Ethnohistory of Native Puerto Rico. 2005. University of Alabama Press. 978-0-8173-5238-7. 56–.
5. Web site: Cancel . Alex Figueroa . Familias desalojan sus casas en Vega Baja en medio de una pugna por la limpieza de un caño . El Nuevo Día . 2019-09-25 . es . 2021-02-05.