Fúquene Lake

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Fúquene Lake is a high-altitude Andean lake in central Colombia known for its ecological importance and surrounding agricultural landscapes.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Fúquene Lake canonical 1
Lake Fúquene 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Andean lake
lake
basinCountry Colombia NERFINISHED
climateZone cold Andean climate
continent South America
country Colombia
drainageBasin Suárez River basin NERFINISHED
ecosystemType Andean wetland
elevation about 2540 metres above sea level
hasConservationStatus environmentally degraded but of high conservation priority
hasEcologicalImportance carbon storage in wetland soils
habitat for aquatic birds
regulation of local hydrological cycle
hasVegetationType emergent macrophytes
floating aquatic plants
riparian grasses
inflow various Andean streams
knownFor biodiversity
high-altitude wetland ecosystem
surrounding agricultural landscapes
languageOfToponym Spanish
locatedIn Boyacá Department NERFINISHED
Cundinamarca region
surface form: Cundinamarca Department
locatedInMountainRange Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes NERFINISHED
locatedInRegion Altiplano Cundiboyacense NERFINISHED
locatedNear Ubaté Valley NERFINISHED
town of Fúquene NERFINISHED
town of Simijaca
town of Susa NERFINISHED
locatedNorthOf Bogotá NERFINISHED
outflow Suárez River NERFINISHED
partOf Fúquene–Cucunubá–Palacio wetland system NERFINISHED
Upper Magdalena–Bogotá river basin NERFINISHED
subjectOf biodiversity conservation programs
hydrological restoration projects
surroundedBy crop fields
dairy farms
pastures
threatenedBy agricultural expansion
drainage for pasture
eutrophication
water pollution
usedFor fishing
irrigation
livestock watering
local tourism

Referenced by (2)

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

Ubaté Valley near Fúquene Lake
Suárez River sourceLocation Fúquene Lake
this entity surface form: Lake Fúquene