Bogotá River

The Bogotá River is named after Muyquytá, which is derived from Chibcha and means "(Enclosure) outside of the farm fields".{{in lang|es}} [http://www.banrepcultural.org/node/32531 Etymology Bacatá] – Banco de la República In historical texts, and also nowadays in its upstream, the Bogotá River is also called Funza River.{{in lang|es}} [http://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/MAM-615538 A orillas del Río] – El Tiempo

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).

{{Location map+ | Bogotá savanna

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Tu – Tunjuelo River
B – Balsillas River ← Bojacá River + Subachoque River
S – Soacha River
A – Apulo River

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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 {{convert|150|km|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, 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 {{convert|2000|m|ft}} in {{convert|50|km|mi}}, to join the Magdalena River at Girardot.

The temperature average ranges from {{convert|24|to|27|C|F}}.

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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

{{Portal|Colombia|Geography}}

• List of rivers of Colombia
• Bogotá savanna, Tequendama – archaeological site, earliest inhabitation along the Bogotá River
• Tequendama Falls

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• {{in lang|es}} [http://190.27.245.106/POT-2013/Cartografia/Anexo01_Sistema_Hidrico.pdf Sistema Hídrico, Bogotá]
• {{in lang|es}} [https://www.sogeocol.edu.co/dptos/cundinamarca_04_hidrografia.jpg Hidrografía Río Bogotá]

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