Fucha River
| Fucha River | |
|---|---|
Eastern Hills | |
| • coordinates | 4°33′48.0″N 74°03′52.7″W / 4.563333°N 74.064639°W |
| Mouth | Bogotá River |
• location | Bosa |
• coordinates | 4°39′44.6″N 74°09′34.2″W / 4.662389°N 74.159500°W |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Bogotá River Magdalena Basin Caribbean Sea |
The Fucha River is a river on the
Juan Amarillo Rivers
.
Etymology
Fucha is derived from
Muisca, who inhabited the Bogotá savanna before the Spanish conquest and means "her" or "female".[1]
Description
source
mouth
Source and mouth of the Fucha River on the Bogotá savanna
The Fucha River originates in the locality
San Francisco River. It flows north from the Tunjuelo River westward and respectively forms the boundary between the localities Rafael Uribe Uribe (south) and Antonio Nariño (north) and Tunjuelito and Ciudad Bolivar (south) and Kennedy (north) of the Colombian capital and is canalised between the Carrera Séptima and the Avenida Boyacá. South of the locality Bosa, the Fucha River flows into the Bogotá River. The Fucha River is highly contaminated.[2]
Wetlands
Four of the fifteen protected wetlands of Bogotá are located in the Fucha River basin.
mouth
source
Wetlands within the Fucha River basin
| Wetland | Location | Altitude (m) |
Area (ha) |
Notes | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capellanía | Fontibón | 2542 | 27.05 | [3] |  |
| Meandro del Say |
Fontibón Mosquera |
2548 | 13.6 | [4] | |
| Techo | Techo, Kennedy |
2545 | 11.46 | [5] | |
| El Burro | Kennedy | 2541 | 18.84 | [6] |  |
Gallery
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Canalised part close to carrera 10 -
Canalised part close to carrera 12 -
Canalised part close to Ciudad Jardín -
Canalised part -
Bridge over the Fucha River
See also
- List of rivers of Colombia
- Eastern Hills, Bogotá
- Bogotá savanna
- Juan Amarillo River, Tunjuelo River
References
- ^ (in Spanish) fucha - Muisccubun Dictionary
- ^ (in Spanish) Entre ríos y quebradas Bogotá tiene 198 cuerpos de agua ¿Los conoce?
- ^ Humedal Capellanía
- ^ Humedal Meandro del Say
- ^ Humedal Techo
- ^ Humedal El Burro
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Río Fucha.
- (in Spanish) Sistema Hídrico, Bogotá
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