San Juan River (Venezuela)

San Juan River (Río San Juan) is a river in Sucre and Monagas states, north-eastern Venezuela.[1] Its eastern part forms the limit between both states before it flows into the Gulf of Paria.[2][3] The Guarapiche River flows into a short body named Caño Francés that flows into the San Juan shortly before its mouth in the Gulf of Paria.[4] In February 2012 there was an oil spill in the mangrove area at the mouth of the river.[5]

San Juan River
Nautical chart of the Río San Juan, published in 1965
Location
CountryVenezuela
Physical characteristics
Mouth 
 • location
Gulf of Paria

See also

References
  1. Monagas - Hidrografía
  2. Acta Botánica Venezuelica - Plantas vasculares de los manglares del Estado Sucre, Venezuela
  3. Costa Atlántica Venezolana
  4. Cuando el río llora, petróleo trae
  5. El petróleo contaminó los manglares Archived 2016-03-09 at the Wayback Machine
  • Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.

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