Bogotá River
Etymology
The Bogotá River is named after Muyquytá, which is derived from Chibcha and means "(Enclosure) outside of the farm fields". In historical texts, and also nowadays in its upstream, the Bogotá River is also called Funza River.
Course
Main tributaries of the Bogotá River are the Teusacá, Torca, Juan Amarillo, Fucha, Tunjuelo, Soacha (left) and Neusa, Río Frío, Bojacá and Subachoque Rivers (right).
The headwaters of the Bogotá River are in the municipality of Villapinzón, in the northeastern part of Cundinamarca near the limits with Boyacá. It has a course of about 150 kilometres (93 mi) as it crosses the Bogotá savanna, passing through Zipaquirá and eleven small municipalities, before reaching the city of Bogotá. As it runs along the western border of the city, the river forms the outlet for the heavily polluted Salitre, Fucha and Tunjuelito Rivers. After passing through the municipality of Soacha, the Bogotá River plunges off the savanna at the Tequendama Falls. It then follows a steep course, falling about 2,000 metres (6,600 ft) in 50 kilometres (31 mi), to join the Magdalena River at Girardot.
Temperature
The temperature average ranges from 24 to 27 °C (75 to 81 °F).
Gallery
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Birth of Funza or Bogotá River in Guacheneque Páramo (Villapinzón)
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Bogotá River close to Zipaquirá
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Bogotá River in Engativá
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Bogotá River close to Tequendama
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Tequendama Falls in the Bogotá River
See also
- List of rivers of Colombia
- Bogotá savanna, Tequendama – archaeological site, earliest inhabitation along the Bogotá River
- Tequendama Falls
References
- ^ (in Spanish) Etymology Bacatá – Banco de la República
- ^ (in Spanish) A orillas del Río – El Tiempo
External links
- (in Spanish) Sistema Hídrico, Bogotá
- (in Spanish) Hidrografía Río Bogotá