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).

N – Neusa River Te – Teusacá River RF – Río Frío To – Torca River JA – Juan Amarillo River F – Fucha River Tu – Tunjuelo River B – Balsillas River ← Bojacá River + Subachoque River S – Soacha River A – Apulo River

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 km 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 2000 m in 50 km, to join the Magdalena River at Girardot.

Temperature

The temperature average ranges from 24 to.

Gallery

File:Páramo de Guacheneque.jpg|Birth of Funza or Bogotá River in Guacheneque Páramo (Villapinzón) File:Bogota River Zipaquira.JPG|Bogotá River close to Zipaquirá File:Río Bogotá a su paso por Engativá.JPG|Bogotá River in Engativá File:Río Bogotá Tequendama.JPG|Bogotá River close to Tequendama File:Salto del Tequendama, Colombia.jpg|Tequendama Falls in the Bogotá River

References

References

1. {{in lang. es [http://www.banrepcultural.org/node/32531 Etymology Bacatá] – Banco de la República
2. {{in lang. es [http://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/MAM-615538 A orillas del Río] – [[El Tiempo (Colombia). El Tiempo]]