Bogotá River

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The Bogotá River is a major waterway in central Colombia that flows through the Bogotá savanna and the capital city of Bogotá before joining the Magdalena River.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Bogotá River canonical 18
Río Bogotá 3
Bogotá River (via Fucha River) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river
alsoKnownAs Bogotá River
surface form: Río Bogotá
basinCountry Colombia
country Colombia
crosses Bogotá savanna
surface form: Bogotá savanna plateau
drainageBasinArea approximately 589,000 hectares
elevationAtMouth approximately 280 metres
elevationAtSource approximately 3300 metres
flowsAlong Cundinamarca region
surface form: Cundinamarca Department
flowsDirection generally northeast to southwest
flowsInto Magdalena River
flowsThrough Bogotá
Bogotá savanna
governedBy Corporación Autónoma Regional de Cundinamarca (CAR)
surface form: environmental authority CAR Cundinamarca
hasBridge Puente de Guadua (near Villeta)
hasMajorCityOnBanks Bogotá
hasMouthNear Girardot
hasWaterfalls Tequendama
surface form: Tequendama Falls
historicalSignificance supported pre-Columbian Muisca settlements on the Bogotá savanna
knownFor high levels of pollution
languageOfName Spanish
length approximately 375 kilometres
locatedIn central Colombia
nearbyIndigenousCulture Muisca
partOf Magdalena River valley
surface form: Magdalena River basin
passesNear Facatativá
Funza
Guaduas
Madrid, Cundinamarca
Mosquera
Sasaima
Soacha
Tobia
Villeta
passesThrough Sabana Centro Province
surface form: Sabana Occidente Province

Tequendama Province
Upper Magdalena region
surface form: Upper Magdalena Valley
pollutionSources industrial waste
solid waste
untreated sewage from Bogotá
region Andean Region of Colombia
sourceLocation Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes
Guacheneque Páramo
subjectOf environmental restoration projects
water quality monitoring programs
tributaryOf Magdalena River
usedFor hydroelectric power generation
irrigation

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Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Anapoima nearbyRiver Bogotá River
Departamento de Cundinamarca containsRiver Bogotá River
this entity surface form: Río Bogotá
Mosquera locatedOnRiver Bogotá River
Sabana de Bogotá drainedBy Bogotá River
Sabana de Bogotá hasRiver Bogotá River
Suesca hasRiver Bogotá River
Chía Municipality hasRiver Bogotá River
Cota locatedInOrNextToBodyOfWater Bogotá River
Metropolitan Area of Bogotá hasRiver Bogotá River
Municipality of Soacha locatedNear Bogotá River
Bogotá River basin contains Bogotá River
Rocas de Suesca nearbyWaterBody Bogotá River
Bogotá River canyon river Bogotá River
Funza River hasAlternativeName Bogotá River
this entity surface form: Río Bogotá
Bogotá River alsoKnownAs Bogotá River
this entity surface form: Río Bogotá
Quebrada La Vieja flowsInto Bogotá River
Arzobispo River basin drainsTo Bogotá River
Fucha River headwaters tributaryOf Bogotá River
this entity surface form: Bogotá River (via Fucha River)
Tunjuelo River headwaters flowsToward Bogotá River