Subachoque River





















































Subachoque River
Río Subachoque



Subachoque River is located in Colombia
Subachoque River


Location of the Subachoque River in Colombia

Etymology
Muysccubun: "work of the Sun"
or "farmfields of the front"
Location
Country
 Colombia
Department Cundinamarca
Municipalities
Facatativá, El Rosal, Madrid
Physical characteristics
Source  
 - coordinates
4°51′58.6″N 74°18′16.1″W / 4.866278°N 74.304472°W / 4.866278; -74.304472Coordinates: 4°51′58.6″N 74°18′16.1″W / 4.866278°N 74.304472°W / 4.866278; -74.304472

Mouth Bojacá River
 - location
Mosquera
 - coordinates
4°40′48.7″N 74°15′23.2″W / 4.680194°N 74.256444°W / 4.680194; -74.256444
Basin features
River system
Bojacá River
 Bogotá River
  Magdalena Basin
   Caribbean Sea

The Subachoque River is a river on the Bogotá savanna and a right tributary of the Bogotá River.




Contents






  • 1 Etymology


  • 2 Description


  • 3 See also


  • 4 References


  • 5 External links





Etymology


Subachoque is derived from the indigenous language of the Muisca, who inhabited the Bogotá savanna before the Spanish conquest and means either "work of the Sun" of "farmfields of the front".[1]



Description




Subachoque River is located in the Bogotá savanna

source

source



mouth

mouth




Source and mouth of the Subachoque River on the Bogotá savanna


The Subachoque River originates in the easternmost part of Facatativá, Cundinamarca, west of Bogotá. It flows through the municipalities El Rosal, and Madrid before joining the Bojacá River in Mosquera and forming the Balsillas downstream part of the Bojacá River, flowing into the Bogotá River.




See also




  • List of rivers of Colombia

  • Bogotá savanna



References





  1. ^ (in Spanish) Official website Subachoque




External links




  • (in Spanish) Sistema Hídrico, Bogotá


  • (in Spanish) Hidrografía Río Bogotá




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