Río Frío, Bogotá savanna




This article is about the river on the Bogotá savanna. For other rivers with this name, see Rio Frío.

































































Río Frío
Río Frío



Río Frío, Bogotá savanna is located in Colombia
Río Frío, Bogotá savanna


Location of the Río Frío in Colombia

Etymology "Cold river"
Location
Country
 Colombia
Department Cundinamarca
Provinces
Central Savanna, Rionegro
Municipalities
Zipaquirá, Tabio, Cajicá, Chía
Physical characteristics
Source Páramo de Guerrero
 - location Zipaquirá
 - coordinates
5°07′06.9″N 74°00′47.9″W / 5.118583°N 74.013306°W / 5.118583; -74.013306Coordinates: 5°07′06.9″N 74°00′47.9″W / 5.118583°N 74.013306°W / 5.118583; -74.013306
 - elevation 3,700 m (12,100 ft)

Mouth Bogotá River
 - location
 Chía
 - coordinates
 4°50′06.5″N 74°04′55.5″W / 4.835139°N 74.082083°W / 4.835139; -74.082083
 - elevation
 2,550 m (8,370 ft)
Basin features
River system
Bogotá River
 Magdalena Basin
  Caribbean Sea

The Río Frío ("Cold river") is a river on the Bogotá savanna and a right tributary of the Bogotá River. The river, in a basin of 6,008.69 hectares (23.1997 sq mi), originates on the Páramo de Guerrero in Zipaquirá at an altitude of 3,700 metres (12,100 ft). It flows through the municipalities Tabio and Cajicá and into the Bogotá River in the south of Chía, at 2,550 metres (8,370 ft) above sea level.




Contents






  • 1 Description


  • 2 See also


  • 3 References


    • 3.1 Bibliography




  • 4 External links





Description




The Río Frío is a right tributary of the Bogotá River




Río Frío, Bogotá savanna is located in the Bogotá savanna

source

source



mouth

mouth




Source and mouth of the Río Frío on the Bogotá savanna


The Río Frío originates on the Páramo de Guerrero at an altitude of 3,700 metres (12,100 ft), in the north of the municipality Zipaquirá. The river flows north and westward before flowing south through Tabio. From there, the river flows eastward through Cajicá to turn south through Chía where in the southern part of the municipality, close to the border with Suba, Bogotá the Río Frío flows into the Bogotá River at an elevation of 2,550 metres (8,370 ft).[1]


In the valley of the Río Frío, shales belonging to the Guaduas Formation are outcropping.[2][3] Also the Cacho, Bogotá and Chorrera Formations are present in the Río Frío valley.[4][5][6] During the Last Glacial Maximum in the Late Pleistocene, the Río Frío deposited conglomerates and sands.[7]



The basin of the Río Frío covers Zipaquirá, Pacho, Subachoque, Tabio, Cogua, Cota, Cajicá and Chía.[1] The cultivation of flowers produces contamination of the Río Frío. The river overflows frequently.[8] Carbon mining is present in the Río Frío basin.[9]




See also




  • List of rivers of Colombia

  • Altiplano Cundiboyacense

  • Bogotá savanna


  • Fucha River, Juan Amarillo River, Torca River, Tunjuelo River



References





  1. ^ ab Poloche Rojas, 2015, p.7


  2. ^ Guerrero Uscátegui, 1992, p.5


  3. ^ Montoya & Reyes, 2005, p.52


  4. ^ Montoya & Reyes, 2005, p.55


  5. ^ Montoya & Reyes, 2005, p.57


  6. ^ Montoya & Reyes, 2005, p.67


  7. ^ Pérez Preciado, 2000, p.7


  8. ^ Poloche Rojas, 2015, p.10


  9. ^ Montoya & Reyes, 2005, p.93




Bibliography




  • Guerrero Uscátegui, Alberto Lobo. 1992. Geología e Hidrogeología de Santafé de Bogotá y su Sabana, 1–20. Sociedad Colombiana de Ingenieros.


  • Montoya Arenas, Diana María, and Germán Alfonso Reyes Torres. 2005. Geología de la Sabana de Bogotá, 1–104. INGEOMINAS.


  • Pérez Preciado, Alfonso. 2000. La estructura ecológica principal de la Sabana de Bogotá, 1–37. Sociedad Geográfica de Colombia.


  • Poloche Rojas, Viglemira. 2015. Revisión de la documentación existentes sobre las áreas de protección de la zona de influencia del Río Frío en Chía y Río Torca en el norte de Bogotá, 1-18. Universidad Militar Nueva Granada. Accessed 2017-03-28.



External links



  • (in Spanish) Sistema Hídrico, Bogotá








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