Arzobispo River
Juan Amarillo River Salitre River Arzobispo River | |
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Eastern Hills | |
• coordinates | 4°38′09.1″N 74°02′00.2″W / 4.635861°N 74.033389°W |
• elevation | 3,300 m (10,800 ft) |
Mouth | Bogotá River |
• location | Tibabuyes |
• coordinates | 4°44′15.2″N 74°07′38.7″W / 4.737556°N 74.127417°W |
• elevation | 2,539 m (8,330 ft) |
Basin size | 12,892 ha (31,860 acres) |
Basin features | |
River system | Bogotá River Magdalena Basin Caribbean Sea |
The Juan Amarillo, Arzobispo, or Salitre River is a river on the
Description
The Juan Amarillo, Arzobispo, or Salitre River,
The river transports 3,400 milligrams per litre (0.00012 lb/cu in) of solid sediments, of which 1,320 milligrams per litre (4.8×10−5 lb/cu in) reach the mouth of the river near the Tibabuyes wetland.[6]
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 | [7] | |
Tibabuyes Juan Amarillo |
Suba Engativá |
2539 | 222.58 | [8] | |
Jaboque | Engativá | 2539 | 148 | [9] | |
Córdoba | Suba | 2548 | 40.51 | [10] | |
Santa María del Lago |
Engativá | 2549 | 12 | [11] | |
El Salitre | Barrios Unidos |
2558 | 6.4 | [12] |
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
- List of rivers of Colombia
- Eastern Hills, Bogotá
- Bogotá savanna
- Fucha River, Tunjuelo River
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; Diana Wiesner Ceballos; Camilo Salazar Ferro; Juan Pablo Ortiz Suárez, and Catalina Useche Mariño. 1999. Los cerros: paisaje e identidad cultural – Identificación y valoración del patrimonio ambiental y cultural de los cerros orientales en Santa Fe de Bogotá, 1–124. CIFA, Universidad de los Andes. Accessed 2017-03-06.
- Various, authors. 2010. Plan de manejo ambiental - humedal Juan Amarillo, 1-383. Acueducto. Accessed 2017-03-06.
- N., N. s.a. Los cerros, una reserva natural, 22–27. Accessed 2017-03-06.
External links
- (in Spanish) Sistema Hídrico, Bogotá