Ubaté River
| Ubaté River | |
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 Location of the Ubaté River in Colombia
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| Native name | Río Ubaté |
| Etymology | Muysccubun: "bloodied land" or "sower of the mouth" |
| Country |
 Colombia
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| Department | Cundinamarca |
| Municipalities | Tausa, Sutatausa, Ubaté, Fúquene |
| Basin features | |
| Main source |
Tausa 3,550 m (11,650 ft) 5°10′24.1″N 73°53′36.5″W / 5.173361°N 73.893472°WCoordinates: 5°10′24.1″N 73°53′36.5″W / 5.173361°N 73.893472°W |
| River mouth |
Lake Fúquene Fúquene 2,543 m (8,343 ft) 5°26′24.2″N 73°44′22.4″W / 5.440056°N 73.739556°W |
| River system | Confluence of El Hato River & La Playa River |
| Basin size | 293 km2 (113 sq mi) |
| Waterbodies | Lake Fúquene |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Length | 49 km (30 mi) |
The Ubaté River is a river on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, Cundinamarca, Colombia.
The name Ubaté comes from the native name "Ebate", in Muysccubun meaning "bloodied land" or "sower of the mouth".
The Ubaté River originates as the confluence of the El Hato and La Playa Rivers. El Hato River originates in the municipality Tausa. The Ubaté River flows northward through the Ubaté-Chiquinquirá Valley and drains into Lake Fúquene, at the border with Boyacá.
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