Arzobispo River
Description
The Juan Amarillo, Arzobispo, or Salitre River, is formed by various quebradas ("creeks") sourced at an altitude of 3,300 metres (10,800 ft) in the Eastern Hills of Bogotá. Main feeder creeks are Las Delicias, La Vieja, El Chicó, Los Molinos, Santa Bárbara, Delicias del Carmen, El Cóndor, El Cedro, San Cristóbal, La Cita and La Floresta. The Juan Amarillo Basin covers the localities Usaquén, Chapinero and Santa Fe in its upper course and Suba, Barrios Unidos, Teusaquillo and Engativá in its lower drainage area. The Suba Hills (cerros de Suba) are located in the Juan Amarillo River basin. The total surface area of the Juan Amarillo basin is 12,892 hectares (31,860 acres).
The river transports 3,400 milligrams per litre (0.00012 lb/cu in) of solid sediments, of which 1,320 milligrams per litre (4.8×10 lb/cu in) reach the mouth of the river near the Tibabuyes wetland.
Wetlands
Six of the fifteen protected wetlands of Bogotá are located in the Juan Amarillo River basin.
Wetland | Location | Altitude (m) |
Area (ha) |
Notes | Image |
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La Conejera | Suba | 2544 | 58.9 | ||
Tibabuyes Juan Amarillo |
Suba Engativá |
2539 | 222.58 | ||
Jaboque | Engativá | 2539 | 148 | ||
Córdoba | Suba | 2548 | 40.51 | ||
Santa María del Lago |
Engativá | 2549 | 12 | ||
El Salitre | Barrios Unidos |
2558 | 6.4 |
Gallery
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Channelised part near the Carrera Séptima
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Channel near Carrera 30
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Quebrada El Virrey
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Channelised Río Molinos, near Carrera 25
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Quebrada El Chicó
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Quebrada La Vieja
See also
References
- ^ (in Spanish) Entre ríos y quebradas Bogotá tiene 198 cuerpos de agua ¿Los conoce?
- ^ Isaza Londoño et al., 1999, p.28
- ^ Isaza Londoño et al., 1999, p.29
- ^ Cerros, s.a., p.27
- ^ Acueducto, 2010, p.23
- ^ (in Spanish) Humedal Juan Amarillo
- ^ Humedal La Conejera
- ^ Humedal Tibabuyes
- ^ Humedal Jaboque
- ^ Humedal Córdoba
- ^ Humedal Santa María del Lago
- ^ Humedal El Salitre
Bibliography
- Isaza Londoño, Juan Luis; Wiesner Ceballos, Diana; Salazar Ferro, Camilo; Ortiz Suárez, Juan Pablo; Useche Mariño, Catalina (1999), Los cerros: paisaje e identidad cultural – Identificación y valoración del patrimonio ambiental y cultural de los cerros orientales en Santa Fe de Bogotá (PDF), CIFA, Universidad de los Andes, pp. 1–124, retrieved 2017-03-06
- Various, authors (2010), Plan de manejo ambiental - humedal Juan Amarillo (PDF), Acueducto, pp. 1–383, retrieved 2017-03-06
- N., N (30 July 2014), Los cerros, una reserva natural, pp. 22–27, retrieved 2017-03-06
External links
- (in Spanish) Sistema Hídrico, Bogotá