The Guatiquía River ( es, río Guatiquía) originates on the Chingaza
páramo
Páramo () can refer to a variety of alpine tundra ecosystems located in the Andes Mountain Range, South America. Some ecologists describe the páramo broadly as "all high, tropical, montane vegetation above the continuous timberline". A narrower ...
at , from its roots in the jurisdiction of the municipio of
Quetame (departament of
Cundinamarca,
Colombia
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. Until it reaches the eastern plains or
Llanos Orientales Colombianos, it forms a long and deep canyon for .
The river splits in two arms taking the names of Río Negrito and
Río Guayuriba. Both arms end in the
Meta River.
Rivers of Colombia
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