Guaymaral y Torca

Guaymaral y Torca Humedal Guaymaral y Torca
Location in Bogotá
Location	Suba & Usaquén, Bogotá  Colombia
Coordinates	4°48′17.7″N 74°02′27.8″W / 4.804917°N 74.041056°W / 4.804917; -74.041056Coordinates: 4°48′17.7″N 74°02′27.8″W / 4.804917°N 74.041056°W / 4.804917; -74.041056
Area	73 ha (180 acres)
Elevation	2,547 m (8,356 ft)
Designated	September 2003
Named for	Chibcha: Guaimaro, Torca
Administrator	EAAB - ESP
Website	humedalesbogota.com/humedal-guaymaral/ humedalesbogota.com/humedal-de-torca/

Guaymaral y Torca (Spanish: Humedal Guaymaral y Torca) is a combined wetland, part of the Wetlands of Bogotá, located in the north of the Colombian capital in the localities Suba and Usaquén, Bogotá, Colombia. The wetlands on the Bogotá savanna cover an area of about 73 hectares (180 acres). Guaymaral y Torca, the northernmost wetlands of Bogotá at the foot of the Eastern Hills, is composed of three parts, Guaymaral in the west in Suba (49 hectares (120 acres)), Torca in the east in Usaquén (24 hectares (59 acres)) and a small strip along the dividing Autopista Norte between the two main wetlands. The wetlands are located in the Torca River basin. The Autopista Norte was constructed in 1952, dividing the wetlands.

The word Guaymaral is derived from the Chibcha name for Brosimum utile, guaimaro, cultivated by the indigenous people in the Valle de Upár and the Muzo. Torca is named after the Torca River.

Flora registered in Guaymaral y Torca are among others Pennisetum clandestinum, Salix humboldtiana, Ulex europaeus, Schonoplectus californicus, Galium ascendens, Bidens laevis, Ludwigia peploides, Azolla filiculoides, Holcus lanatus, Eichhornia crassipe, Typha dominguensis, Rumex conglomeratus, Alnus acuminata, Baccharis cf. latifolia, Polygonum sp., Eleocharis sp., Carex sp., Rubus sp., Cuphea sp.. Also Hydrocotyle ranunculoides, Lemna minor, Typha latifolia and Juncus bogotensis have been noted.