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.
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". fucha - Muisccubun Dictionary
Description
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. Entre ríos y quebradas Bogotá tiene 198 cuerpos de agua ¿Los conoce?
Wetlands
Four of the fifteen protected wetlands of Bogotá are located in the Fucha River basin.
Wetland Location Altitude(m) Area(ha) Notes Image Capellanía Fontibón 2542 27.05 Meandrodel Say FontibónMosquera 2548 13.6 Techo Techo,Kennedy 2545 11.46 El Burro Kennedy 2541 18.84
Gallery
See also
List of rivers of Colombia Eastern Hills, Bogotá Bogotá savanna Juan Amarillo River, Tunjuelo River
References
External links
Sistema Hídrico, Bogotá