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 three important rivers of the city, together with the Tunjuelo and Juan Amarillo Rivers.

Fucha River
Location of the Fucha River in Colombia
EtymologyMuysccubun: "her", "female"
Native nameRío Fucha  (Spanish)
Location
CountryColombia
DepartmentCundinamarca
MunicipalitiesBogotá
Localities
Physical characteristics
SourceEastern Hills
 • coordinates4°33′48.0″N 74°03′52.7″W
MouthBogotá River
 • location
Bosa
 • coordinates
4°39′44.6″N 74°09′34.2″W
Basin features
River systemBogotá River
 Magdalena Basin
  Caribbean Sea

Etymology

Fucha is derived from Muysccubun, the indigenous language of the Muisca, who inhabited the Bogotá savanna before the Spanish conquest and means "her" or "female".[1]

Description
source
mouth
Source and mouth of the Fucha River on the Bogotá savanna

The Fucha River originates in the locality San Cristóbal in the Eastern Hills of Bogotá and is named in its upper course Quebrada Manzanares, San Cristóbal, Arzobispo and San Francisco River. It flows north from the Tunjuelo River westward and respectively forms the boundary between the localities Rafael Uribe Uribe (south) and Antonio Nariño (north) and Tunjuelito and Ciudad Bolivar (south) and Kennedy (north) of the Colombian capital and is canalised between the Carrera Séptima and the Avenida Boyacá. South of the locality Bosa, the Fucha River flows into the Bogotá River. The Fucha River is highly contaminated.[2]

Wetlands
Main article: Wetlands of Bogotá

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

mouth
source
Wetlands within the Fucha River basin
Wetland Location Altitude
(m)		 Area
(ha)		 Notes Image
Capellanía Fontibón 2542 27.05 [3]
Meandro
del Say		 Fontibón
Mosquera		 2548 13.6 [4]
Techo Techo,
Kennedy		 2545 11.46 [5]
El Burro Kennedy 2541 18.84 [6]
  • Canalised part close to carrera 10
  • Canalised part close to carrera 12
  • Canalised part close to Ciudad Jardín
  • Canalised part
  • Bridge over the Fucha River

See also

References
  1. (in Spanish) fucha - Muisccubun Dictionary
  2. (in Spanish) Entre ríos y quebradas Bogotá tiene 198 cuerpos de agua ¿Los conoce?
  3. Humedal Capellanía
  4. Humedal Meandro del Say
  5. Humedal Techo
  6. Humedal El Burro
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