Yaque del Sur River

The Yaque del Sur River is a river in the Dominican Republic's southwestern region. It is approximately 183 kilometers long.

Yaque or Yaqui were Tano names for two rivers in the Dominican Republic. The Yaque del Norte ("Northern Yaque") flows to the north of Hispaniola, emptying into the Atlantic Ocean- the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of approximately 106,460,000 km2 (41,100,000 sq mi), covering approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and approximately 29% of its water surface area; and the Yaque del Sur ("Southern Yaque") flows to the south, emptying into the Caribbean Sea- a sea of the Atlantic Ocean in the Western Hemisphere's tropics, bounded to the west and south west by Mexico and Central America, to the north by the Greater Antilles beginning with Cuba, to the east by the Lesser Antilles, and to the south by the north coast of South America.

Except for small craft, the river is impassable. It is vital and widely used for irrigation of rice, plantain, sugarcane, beans, bananas, and peanuts.

Length: 183 km (114 mi)