| Bogotá River | |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | Colombia |
| Subdivision Type2: | Department |
| Subdivision Name2: | Cundinamarca |
| Subdivision Type3: | Provinces |
| Source1: | Guacheneque Páramo |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 5.222°N -73.5343°W |
| Mouth: | Magdalena River |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 4.2887°N -74.7964°W |
| Source1 Elevation: | 3300m (10,800feet) |
| Length: | 375km (233miles) |
| Discharge1 Avg: | 31m3/s41m3/s |
| Basin Size: | 6000km2 |
| River System: | Magdalena Basin Caribbean Sea |
| Tributaries Left: | Teusacá Torca Juan Amarillo Fucha Tunjuelo Soacha |
| Tributaries Right: | Neusa Río Frío Bojacá Subachoque Apulo |
The Bogotá River is a major river of the 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 western limits of Bogotá. The large population and major industrial base in its watershed have resulted in extremely severe pollution problems for the river.
The Bogotá River is named after Muyquytá, which is derived from Chibcha and means "(Enclosure) outside of the farm fields".[1] In historical texts, and also nowadays in its upstream, the Bogotá River is also called Funza River.[2]
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).
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 150km (90miles) 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 2000m (7,000feet) in 50km (30miles), to join the Magdalena River at Girardot.
The temperature average ranges from 24C27C.
