The Fucha River is a river on the

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and a left tributary of the

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. 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 Rivers.

Etymology

Fucha is derived from Muysccubun, the indigenous language of the

Muisca The Muisca (also called Chibcha) are an indigenous people and culture of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, Colombia, that formed the Muisca Confederation before the Spanish conquest. The people spoke Muysccubun, a language of the Chibchan langu ...

, 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 local ...

and

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(south) and Kennedy (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 Avenida Boyacá. South of the locality

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, 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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