Meandro del Say is a wetland, part of the
wetlands of Bogotá
Wetlands of Bogotá, Colombia are important areas of the capital city, and their development has become increasingly important for the area north of the Andes. A reserve for fauna and flora, the wetlands provide for the preservation and reproduct ...
. It spans the locality
Fontibón
Fontibon is the 9th locality of Bogotá. It is located in the west of the city. This district is mostly inhabited by low and middle class residents.
Etymology
The origin of the city's name can be traced to the Muisca ''cacique Huintiva'' or '' ...
of
Bogotá
Bogotá (, also , , ), officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santa Fe de Bogotá (; ) during the Spanish period and between 1991 and 2000, is the capital city of Colombia, and one of the larges ...
and the eastern part of
Mosquera,
Cundinamarca. Meandro del Say is located close to the
Bogotá River with a total area of .
[Meandro del Say]
/ref> The Avenida Centenario
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borders the wetland in the northeast. Meandro de Say is situated in the Fucha River
The Fucha River is a river on the Bogotá savanna and a left tributary of the Bogotá River. The river originates in the Eastern Hills of the Colombian capital Bogotá and flows westward through the city into the Bogotá River. It is one of the th ...
basin.[Humedal Meandro del Say]
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Flora and fauna
Birds
In Meandro del Say, 22 bird species have been registered.[ The wetland hosts among others the blue-winged teal (''Anas discors''), ]northern shoveler
The northern shoveler (; ''Spatula clypeata''), known simply in Britain as the shoveler, is a common and widespread duck. It breeds in northern areas of Europe and across the Palearctic and across most of North America, wintering in southern Euro ...
(''Anas clypeata''), masked duck (''Nomonyx dominicus'') and spot-flanked gallinule
The spot-flanked gallinule (''Porphyriops melanops'') is a species of bird in the family Rallidae. It is monotypic in the genus ''Porphyriops''. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay.
Its natura ...
(''Gallinula melanops bogotensis'').[
]
See also
*Biodiversity of Colombia
The biodiversity of Colombia is the variety of indigenous organisms in the country with the second-highest biodiversity in the world, behind Brazil. As of 2021, around 63,000 species are registered in Colombia, of which 14% are endemic. The coun ...
, Bogotá savanna, Thomas van der Hammen Natural Reserve
The Thomas van der Hammen Natural Reserve or Thomas van der Hammen Forest Reserve is an area of the Bogotá savanna that is under environmental protection. The natural reserve was declared as such in year 2000 by the Ministry of Environment and Sus ...
*Wetlands of Bogotá
Wetlands of Bogotá, Colombia are important areas of the capital city, and their development has become increasingly important for the area north of the Andes. A reserve for fauna and flora, the wetlands provide for the preservation and reproduct ...
References
Further reading
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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
Geography of Cundinamarca Department
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