Bogotá River
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The Bogotá River is a major river of the Cundinamarca department of Colombia. A right tributary of the Magdalena River, the Bogotá River crosses the region from the northeast to the southwest and passing along the western limits of Bogotá. The large population and major industrial base in its watershed have resulted in extremely severe pollution problems for the river.
Etymology
The Bogotá River is named after Muyquytá, which is derived from Chibcha and means "(Enclosure) outside of the farm fields".[1] In historical texts, and also nowadays in its upstream, the Bogotá River is also called Funza River.[2]
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).
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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 Script error: No such module "convert". 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 Script error: No such module "convert". in Script error: No such module "convert"., to join the Magdalena River at Girardot.
Temperature
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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
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- List of rivers of Colombia
- Bogotá savanna, Tequendama – archaeological site, earliest inhabitation along the Bogotá River
- Tequendama Falls
References
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- ↑ Template:In lang Etymology Bacatá – Banco de la República
- ↑ Template:In lang A orillas del Río – El Tiempo
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External links
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