Soacha River
Soacha River Río Soacha | |
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Location of the Soacha River in Colombia | |
Etymology | Muysccubun: "man of the Sun" |
Location | |
Country | Colombia |
Department | Cundinamarca |
Municipalities | Soacha, Bogotá |
Locality | Ciudad Bolívar (Bogotá) |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Sumapaz foothills |
- location | Ciudad Bolívar |
- coordinates | 4°32′12.3″N 74°10′23.3″W / 4.536750°N 74.173139°W / 4.536750; -74.173139Coordinates: 4°32′12.3″N 74°10′23.3″W / 4.536750°N 74.173139°W / 4.536750; -74.173139 |
Mouth | Bogotá River |
- location | Soacha |
- coordinates | 4°34′41.5″N 74°15′07.1″W / 4.578194°N 74.251972°W / 4.578194; -74.251972 |
Basin features | |
River system | Bogotá River Magdalena Basin Caribbean Sea |
The Soacha River is a river on the Bogotá savanna and a left tributary of the Bogotá River.
Contents
1 Etymology
2 Description
3 See also
4 References
4.1 Bibliography
5 External links
Etymology
Soacha is derived from Muysccubun, the indigenous language of the Muisca, who inhabited the Bogotá savanna before the Spanish conquest and means "man of the Sun".[1]
Description
source
mouth
The Soacha River originates in the eastern part of the locality of Bogotá Ciudad Bolívar. It flows through the municipality Soacha before flowing into the Bogotá River. The type locality of the Cacho Formation is located in the Soacha River basin.[2]
See also
- List of rivers of Colombia
- Bogotá savanna
- Tunjuelo River
References
^ (in Spanish) Official website Soacha
^ Montoya & Reyes, 2005, p.55
Bibliography
Montoya Arenas, Diana María, and Germán Alfonso Reyes Torres. 2005. Geología de la Sabana de Bogotá, 1–104. INGEOMINAS.
External links
(in Spanish) Sistema Hídrico, Bogotá