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The following table summarizes the course of Río Bucaná in terms of roads crossed. Roads are listed as the river flows from its origin at the confluence of
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196:Barrio Playa
86:Municipality
74:Commonwealth
37:Barrio Playa
24:Bucaná River
18:
1070:Río Bayagán
990: /
931: /
870: /
805: /
739: /
677: /
615: /
553: /
498:Coordinates
444:Río Bayagán
413:Rio Bayagan
367:Tributaries
345:Río Bayagán
275:Tributaries
241:Progression
153: /
79:Puerto Rico
48:Native name
1456:Categories
1081:References
957:not marked
491:Direction
429:La Guancha
337:confluence
325:Río Bucaná
270:Río Bucaná
228:Basin size
141:66°36′00″W
138:17°58′07″N
53:Río Bucaná
1396:Los Rios.
1236:Los Rios.
1161:Los Rios.
1126:Los Rios.
762:Sabanetas
696:Sabanetas
475:km marker
409:Rio Jauca
381:Cerrillos
249:Sabanetas
1421:Archived
1417:Maptest.
1400:Archived
1379:Archived
1358:Archived
1309:Archived
1240:Archived
1218:Archived
1215:Maptest.
1198:Archived
1195:Maptest.
1165:Archived
1130:Archived
1108:Archived
1105:Maptest.
1037:See also
816:next to
778:La Ceiba
750:next to
712:La Ceiba
487:(if any)
433:Route 14
68:Location
1074:current
963:Unnamed
904:Unnamed
843:Unnamed
650:Unnamed
588:Unnamed
526:Unnamed
377:Bayagán
321:Spanish
119:Barrio
60:Spanish
1006:
889:Bucaná
828:Bucaná
501:Notes
473:Road's
467:Barrio
421:Bucaná
395:Course
278:
253:Bucaná
220:Length
185:
109:
106:Source
56:
1428:2011.
1225:2011.
1205:2011.
1115:2011.
1054:Notes
950:Playa
901:23351
898:103.7
894:PR-52
840:23351
837:103.7
833:PR-52
775:12291
772:125.0
709:12291
706:125.0
647:24891
640:PR-10
585:14331
578:PR-10
523:23051
515:PR-14
181:Mouth
91:Ponce
41:Ponce
1068:and
1029:Uses
966:Both
767:PR-1
701:PR-1
529:Both
470:Road
446:and
387:and
379:and
343:and
960:N/A
644:3.8
582:3.8
520:5.4
479:NBI
464:No.
403:at
339:of
1458::
1251:^
1059:1.
907:EB
846:WB
781:EB
715:WB
653:SB
591:NB
481:ID
411:,
391:.
363:.
323::
198:,
39:,
946:8
885:7
824:6
758:5
692:4
631:3
569:2
506:1
319:(
215:)
62:)
58:(
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