Tunjuelo River
| Tunjuelo River | |
|---|---|
 Location of the Tunjuelo River in Colombia
|
|
| Native name | Río Tunjuelo |
| Other name(s) | Tunjuelito River |
| Etymology | Muysccubun: "cerro de los tunjos" |
| Country |
 Colombia
|
| Department | Cundinamarca |
| Municipalities | Bogotá |
| Localities |
Sumapaz, Usme, Ciudad Bolívar, Tunjuelito, Fontibón |
| Basin features | |
| Main source |
Sumapaz Páramo 4°18′25.5″N 74°07′50.2″W / 4.307083°N 74.130611°WCoordinates: 4°18′25.5″N 74°07′50.2″W / 4.307083°N 74.130611°W |
| River mouth |
Bogotá River 4°37′45.8″N 74°13′20.4″W / 4.629389°N 74.222333°W |
| River system |
Bogotá River Magdalena Basin Caribbean Sea |
The Tunjuelo or Tunjuelito River is a river on the Bogotá savanna and a left tributary of the Bogotá River.
The names Tunjuelo and Tunjuelito ("little Tunjuelo") are derived from the Cerro de los Tunjos, also Los Tunjos Lake, named after the tunjos, the religious votive figurines of the indigenous language of the Muisca, who inhabited the Bogotá savanna before the Spanish conquest.
The Tunjuelo River has a total length of 73 kilometres (45 mi) and originates in the Sumapaz Páramo, in the southern part of Bogotá. It flows through the southern part of the Colombian capital, south of the Fucha River, and has the largest drainage basin of the rivers of Bogotá. The river flows through the Usme Synclinal, where the type localities of various geological formations (among others the Marichuela Formation) are situated. The Tunjuelo River forms the border between the localities Usme and Ciudad Bolivar and between the namesake locality Tunjuelito and Ciudad Bolívar. The Tunjuelo River is highly contaminated.
Three of the fifteen protected wetlands of Bogotá are located in the Tunjuelo River basin.
Tunjuelo River in Ciudad Bolívar
Tunjuelo River
Tunjuelo River
Tunjuelo River in Tunjuelito
Canalised part of the Tunjuelo River
...
Wikipedia