Bairoa River

The Bairoa River (Spanish: Río Bairoa) is a river of Caguas, Puerto Rico.

Bairoa River
Location
CommonwealthPuerto Rico
MunicipalityAguas Buenas, Caguas
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationMula, Aguas Buenas
 • elevation161 ft
Mouth 
 • location
Bairoa, Caguas

Geography

The Bairoa River is one of the two main streams that traverse the Caguas Valley from west to east (the other being the Cagüitas River), both of which emptying into the Loíza River.[1]

Bairoa River Protected Natural Area

The Bairoa River Protected Natural Area (Spanish: Área natural protegida del Río Bairoa), located in Bairoa, Caguas, is a forested section of the Bairoa River designated a natural protected area since 2016 by the Puerto Rico Conservation Trust (Para la Naturaleza).[2] The 584-acre protected area runs along the river and it constitutes an important secondary forest tract and hydrological drainage ecosystem for the Loíza River.[3] The area is also an important habitat for the Puerto Rican plain pigeon (Patagioenas inornata wetmorei).[4]

See also

18.2643982°N 66.0146095°W / 18.2643982; -66.0146095[5]

References
  1. U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, Water-Resources Investigations Report 91-4079 (1993). "Ground-water Resources of the Caguas-Juncos Valley, Puerto Rico" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-03-03.
  2. "Puerto Rico Protected Natural Areas". www.fs.usda.gov. Retrieved 2022-01-08.
  3. "Acercándonos a la meta del 33%: Terrenos protegidos en Puerto Rico alcanzan el 16.1%". Para la Naturaleza (in European Spanish). 2017-02-06. Retrieved 2022-01-08.
  4. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (1999). "Paloma sabanera, Patagioenas inornata wetmorei" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-01-08.
  5. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Río Bairoa


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