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San Francisco River, Bogotá

Fucha River
Fucha River is located in Colombia
Fucha River
Location of the Fucha River in Colombia
Native name Río Fucha
Etymology Muysccubun: "her", "female"
Country  Colombia
Department Cundinamarca
Municipalities Bogotá
Localities San Cristóbal, Rafael Uribe Uribe,
Antonio Nariño, Tunjuelito, Ciudad Bolivar, Kennedy, Bosa
Basin features
Main source Eastern Hills
4°33′48.0″N 74°03′52.7″W / 4.563333°N 74.064639°W / 4.563333; -74.064639Coordinates: 4°33′48.0″N 74°03′52.7″W / 4.563333°N 74.064639°W / 4.563333; -74.064639
River mouth Bogotá River
Bosa
4°39′44.6″N 74°09′34.2″W / 4.662389°N 74.159500°W / 4.662389; -74.159500
River system Bogotá River
 Magdalena Basin
  Caribbean Sea

The Fucha River is a river on the Bogotá savanna and a left tributary of the Bogotá River.

Fucha is derived from Muysccubun, the indigenous language of the Muisca, who inhabited the Bogotá savanna before the Spanish conquest and means "her" or "female".

The Fucha River originates in the locality San Cristóbal in the Eastern Hills of Bogotá and is named in its upper course Quebrada Manzanares, San Cristóbal, Arzobispo and San Francisco River. It flows north from the Tunjuelo River westward and respectively forms the boundary between the localities Rafael Uribe Uribe (south) and Antonio Nariño (north) and Tunjuelito and Ciudad Bolivar (south) and Kennedy (north) of the Colombian capital and is canalised between the Carrera Séptima and the Avenida Boyacá. South of the locality Bosa, the Fucha River flows into the Bogotá River. The Fucha River is highly contaminated.

Four of the fifteen protected wetlands of Bogotá are located in the Fucha River basin.

Canalised part close to carrera 10

Canalised part close to carrera 12

Canalised part close to Ciudad Jardín


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