The Fucha River is a river 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 ...

and a left tributary of 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 ...

. The river originates in the Eastern Hills of the

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n capital

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and flows westward through the city into the Bogotá River. It is one of the three important rivers of the city, together with the Tunjuelo and

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 ...

Etymology

Fucha is derived from Muysccubun, the indigenous language of the

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, who inhabited the Bogotá savanna before the

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and means "her" or "female".''fucha''
- Muisccubun Dictionary

Description

The Fucha River originates in the locality San Cristóbal in the Eastern Hills of

and is named in its upper course Quebrada Manzanares, San Cristóbal, Arzobispo and San Francisco River. It flows north from the

Tunjuelo River The Tunjuelo or Tunjuelito River is a river on the Bogotá savanna and a left tributary of the Bogotá River. The river, with a length of originates in the Sumapaz Páramo and flows northward through the Usme Synclinal to enter the Colombian capit ...

westward and respectively forms the boundary between the localities

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(south) and

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(north) and

Tunjuelito Tunjuelito is the 6th locality of the Capital District of the Colombian capital, Bogotá. Tunjuelito is located in the south of Bogotá, bordering to the north with the localities of Bosa, Kennedy and Puente Aranda, to the east with the localit ...

and

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(south) and

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(north) of the Colombian capital and is canalised between the

Carrera Séptima Carrera Séptima (Seventh Street), also known as Eduardo Posada Flórez Avenue, is one of the principal transit arteries which crosses the eastern side of Bogotá north and south. It is the most important thoroughfare of the city in the sense ...

and the

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. South of the locality

Bosa Bosa is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Oristano (until May 2005 it was in the province of Nuoro), part of the Sardinia region of Italy. Bosa is situated about two-thirds of the way up the west coast of Sardinia, on a small hill, about ...

, the Fucha River flows into the

. The Fucha River is highly contaminated.Entre ríos y quebradas Bogotá tiene 198 cuerpos de agua ¿Los conoce?
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Wetlands

Four of the fifteen protected wetlands of Bogotá are located in the Fucha River basin.

Gallery

File:Río Fucha a la altura de la kr 10.JPG, Canalised part close to carrera 10 File:Bogotá, río Fucha hacia la kr 12.JPG, Canalised part close to carrera 12 File:Bogotá - Estación Ciudad Jardín y río Fucha.JPG, Canalised part close to Ciudad Jardín File:Canal río Fucha Btá.jpg, Canalised part File:Puente sobre el río Fucha Bogotá.JPG, Bridge over the Fucha River

References

External links

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Sistema Hídrico, Bogotá
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Rivers A river is a natural stream of fresh water that flows on land or inside caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river. A river may run dry before reaching the end of its course if it ru ...