The Ubaté River is a river on the
Altiplano Cundiboyacense
The Altiplano Cundiboyacense () is a high plateau located in the Eastern Cordillera of the Colombian Andes covering parts of the departments of Cundinamarca and Boyacá. (Do not confuse with The Altiplano or the Altiplano Nariñense, both fur ...
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Cundinamarca,
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with Insular region of Colombia, insular regions in North America. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuel ...
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Etymology
The name Ubaté comes from the native name "Ebate", in
Muysccubun meaning "bloodied land" or "sower of the mouth".
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Description
The Ubaté River originates as the confluence of the El Hato and La Playa Rivers. El Hato River originates in the municipality Tausa
Tausa () is a municipality and town of Colombia in the Ubaté Province, part of the department of Cundinamarca. Tausa is and was an important town on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense due to its salt mine. It was the third most prolific salt deposit f ...
. The Ubaté River flows northward through the Ubaté-Chiquinquirá Valley and drains into Lake Fúquene, at the border with Boyacá.
See also
*List of rivers of Colombia
Atlantic Ocean
Amazon River Basin
* Amazon River
** Guainía River or Negro River
*** Vaupés River or Uaupés River
**** Papuri River
**** Querary River
*** Isana River or Içana River
**** Cuiari River
*** Aquio River
** Caquetá Ri ...
References
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Rivers of Colombia
Geography of Cundinamarca Department
Rivers
A river is a natural stream of fresh water that flows on land or inside caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river. A river may run dry before reaching the end of its course if it ru ...