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San Pedro River (Cuba)

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Native name
  
Río San Pedro

Main source
  
Camagüey

Country
  
Cuba

Basin size
  
1,053 km (407 sq mi)

River mouth
  
Gulf of Ana María (Caribbean Sea) Sea level

Tributaries
  
Left: Río Hatibonico Right: Río Tínima, El Bolsillo

San Pedro River (Spanish: Río San Pedro) is a river in the southwest of Camagüey Province, Cuba. Its basin covers an area of 1,053 km2. The watershed is polluted due to the discharge of poorly treated liquid waste from the city of Camagüey. Home to Jimaguayú Dam, one of the largest in the country.

The river forms south of the city of Camagüey, at the confluence of Río Tínima and Río Hatibonico. River El Bolsillo joins it just south of the confluence. San Pedro River flows south to Jimaguayú Dam, then west, and empties into the Caribbean Sea about 40 km west of town of Vertientes.

References

San Pedro River (Cuba) Wikipedia