Jaboque () is a

wetland A wetland is a distinct semi-aquatic ecosystem whose groundcovers are flooded or saturated in water, either permanently, for years or decades, or only seasonally. Flooding results in oxygen-poor ( anoxic) processes taking place, especially ...

, part of the

Wetlands of Bogotá Wetlands of Bogotá, Colombia, are important areas of the capital city, and their preservation has become increasingly important for the area north of the Andes. As a reserve for fauna and flora, the wetlands are vital for the preservation and re ...

, located in the locality

Engativá Engativá is the 10th locality of Bogotá. It is located in the west of the city. This district is mostly inhabited by lower middle and working class residents. Etymology Engativá is either derived from ''Ingativá''; ''cacique'' Inga; "Land ...

Bogotá Bogotá (, also , , ), officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santa Fe de Bogotá (; ) during the Spanish Imperial period and between 1991 and 2000, is the capital city, capital and largest city ...

Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with Insular region of Colombia, insular regions in North America. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuel ...

. The wetland, close to the

Bogotá River The Bogotá River is a major river of the Cundinamarca Department, 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 wester ...

on the

Bogotá savanna The Bogotá savanna is a savanna#Savanna ecoregions, montane savanna, located in the southwestern part of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense in the center of Colombia. The Bogotá savanna has an extent of and an average altitude of . The savanna is si ...

covers an area of . The wetland is close to

El Dorado International Airport El Dorado International Airport is an international airport serving Bogotá, the capital of Colombia, and its surrounding areas. The airport is located mostly in the Fontibón district of Bogotá, although it partially extends into the Engat ...

in the

Juan Amarillo River The Juan Amarillo, Arzobispo, or Salitre River is a river on the Bogotá savanna and a left tributary of the Bogotá River in Colombia. The river originates from various ''quebradas'' in the Eastern Hills and flows into the Bogotá River at the ...

basin.Moreno et al., s.a., p.10

Etymology

Jaboque in Muysccubun, the language of the indigenous

Muisca The Muisca (also called the Chibcha) are indigenous peoples in Colombia and were a Pre-Columbian culture of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense that formed the Muisca Confederation before the Spanish colonization of the Americas. The Muisca spe ...

who inhabited the Bogotá savanna before the

Spanish conquest The Spanish Empire, sometimes referred to as the Hispanic Monarchy or the Catholic Monarchy, was a colonial empire that existed between 1492 and 1976. In conjunction with the Portuguese Empire, it ushered in the European Age of Discovery. It ...

, means "land of abundance".Website Humedal Jaboque
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Flora and fauna

Birds

Jaboque has 81 registered bird species, of which 4

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...

.Andrade & Benitez, s.a., p.8Andrade & Benitez, s.a., p.11 Endemic species unique for this wetland are:Andrade & Benitez, s.a., p.34

Gallery

File:Localidad de Engativá, humedal el Jaboque Bogotá.JPG, File:Humedal Jaboque Engativá Bogotá.JPG, File:Humedal Jaboque Afueras de Bogotá.JPG, File:Engativá, Villa Amalia, humedla Jaboque en Bogotá.JPG, File:Bogotá, Humedal del Jaboque, localidad de Engativá.JPG, File:Humedal El Jaboque Engativá Bogotá.JPG,

References

Bibliography

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External links

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Fundación Humedales de Bogotá
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Conozca los 15 humedales de Bogotá
- El Tiempo {{Wetlands of Bogotá, state=expanded Wetlands of Bogotá