Bogotá River

Bogotá River
Map of Bogotá River and its drainage basin
Country	Colombian department of Cundinamarca
Basin
Main source	Páramo de Guacheneque, Villapinzón 3,300 m (10,800 ft) 5°15′N 73°40′W / 5.250°N 73.667°W / 5.250; -73.667
River mouth	Magdalena River at Girardot 4°17′19″N 74°47′47″W / 4.28861°N 74.79639°W / 4.28861; -74.79639Coordinates: 4°17′19″N 74°47′47″W / 4.28861°N 74.79639°W / 4.28861; -74.79639
Basin size	6,000 km² (2,300 sq mi)
Physical characteristics
Length	375 km (233 mi)
Discharge	Average rate: 31–41 m³/s (1,100–1,400 cu ft/s)

The Bogotá River close to Zipaquirá

The Bogotá River is a major river of the Cundinamarca department of Colombia, crossing 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 Bogotá, which is derived from Chibcha and means "(Enclosure) outside of the farm fields".^[1]

Course

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, Funza 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).

References

↑ (Spanish) Etymology Bacatá - Banco de la República

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Río Bogotá.

Uribe Botero, Eduardo, 2005, The water treatment plants of the Bogotá River - case study - Universidad de los Andes - CEDE
Centro Italiano per la Riqualificazione Fluviale, 2003, El problema del Rio Bogotá - 3rd World Water Forum

Muisca

Geography	Ocetá Páramo Altiplano Cundiboyacense Bogotá savanna river wetlands Tenza Valley Flora & fauna

History	Prehistory (<10,000 BP) Lithic (10,000 - 2800 BP) El Abra Tibitó Tequendama P. del Tunjo Checua Aguazuque Lake Herrera El Infiernito Herrera (800 BC - 800) Confederation (~1450 - 1540)

Conquest	List of conquistadors Gonzalo de Quesada Hernán de Quesada Gonzalo Suárez Rendón Juan de Céspedes Baltasar Maldonado Juan de San Martín Lázaro Fonte Miguel Holguín y Figueroa Pedro Fernández de Valenzuela Ortún Velázquez de Velasco Bartolomé Camacho Zambrano Gonzalo Macías Luis Lanchero Martín Galeano Conquest of the Chibchan Nations

Topics	Agriculture Architecture Art Astronomy Calendar Cuisine Chicha Economy Mummies Music Muysccubun Duit Numerals Toponyms Myths El Dorado Raft Religion Tunjo Tejo Warfare Battles of Pasca (~1470) Chocontá (~1490) Women Zoratama The Salt People Zipaquirá Nemocón Tausa

Deities	Chiminigagua Bachué Chía Sué Bochica Huitaca Chibchacum Cuchavira Nencatacoa Chaquén Chibafruime Guahaioque

Sacred sites	Built Sun Temple Moon Temple Cojines del Zaque Goranchacha Temple Hunzahúa Well Natural Fúquene Guatavita Iguaque Siecha Suesca Tota Monster Tequendama Falls

Northern rulers	zaque of Hunza Hunzahúa Michuá Quemuenchatocha Aquiminzaque iraca of Suamox Nompanim Sugamuxi tundama of Tundama

Southern rulers	zipa of Bacatá Meicuchuca Saguamanchica Nemequene Tisquesusa Sagipa cacique of Turmequé Diego de Torres y Moyachoque

Neighbours	Chibcha-speaking U'wa Sutagao Guane Lache Arawak-speaking Achagua Tegua Guayupe Cariban-speaking Panche Muzo Yarigui

Research and collections	List of scholars Acosta De Aguado Arango Broadbent De Castellanos Celis Correal Duquesne Freyle Friede Gamboa Groot Hammen Humboldt Izquierdo Langebaek De Lugo Ocampo De Piedrahita De Quesada Reichel-Dolmatoff Schrimpff Simón Triana Uricoechea Zerda Research institutes Publications El Carnero Elegías de varones ilustres de Indias‎ Musea Museo del Oro Sogamoso Pasca

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