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San Cristóbal Canyon

Aibonito, Puerto RicoBarranquitas, Puerto RicoCanyons and gorges of the United StatesGeography of Puerto RicoLandforms of Puerto Rico
Cañón de San Cristóbal, Aibonito Barranquitas, Puerto Rico
Cañón de San Cristóbal, Aibonito Barranquitas, Puerto Rico

San Cristóbal Canyon (Spanish: Cañón San Cristóbal) is a canyon carved by the Usabón River and numerous other rivers and creeks in central Puerto Rico. San Cristóbal Canyon and the neighboring Las Bocas Canyon are part of a larger canyon system belonging to the La Plata River basin in the Cordillera Central mountain range. San Cristóbal is the deepest land canyon in the Caribbean, and it is home to some of the tallest waterfalls in Puerto Rico. Despite this superlative and there being more than 696 species of flora and 144 species of fauna that call the canyon habitat home it was used as a landfill dump between 1954 and 1974, and it was not until 1978 that it became protected by the government of Puerto Rico.

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San Cristóbal Canyon
Carretera Barranquitas - Comerío,

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N 18.17 ° E -66.29 °
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Área Natural Protegida Cañón de San Cristóbal

Carretera Barranquitas - Comerío
00618 , Honduras (Honduras)
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