Bogotá River

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The Bogotá River is a major waterway in central Colombia that flows through the Bogotá savanna and the capital city of Bogotá before joining the Magdalena River.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Bogotá River canonical 33
Río Bogotá 6
Bogotá River (via Fucha River) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Río Bogotá ⓘ
linked to: Bogotá River
basinCountry Colombia ⓘ
country Colombia ⓘ
crosses Bogotá savanna plateau ⓘ
linked to: Bogotá savanna
drainageBasinArea approximately 589,000 hectares ⓘ
elevationAtMouth approximately 280 metres ⓘ
elevationAtSource approximately 3300 metres ⓘ
flowsAlong Cundinamarca Department ⓘ
linked to: Cundinamarca region
flowsDirection generally northeast to southwest ⓘ
flowsInto Magdalena River ⓘ
flowsThrough Bogotá ⓘ
Bogotá savanna ⓘ
governedBy environmental authority CAR Cundinamarca ⓘ
hasBridge Puente de Guadua (near Villeta) ⓘ
hasMajorCityOnBanks Bogotá ⓘ
hasMouthNear Girardot ⓘ
hasWaterfalls Tequendama Falls ⓘ
linked to: Tequendama
historicalSignificance supported pre-Columbian Muisca settlements on the Bogotá savanna ⓘ
knownFor high levels of pollution ⓘ
languageOfName Spanish ⓘ
length approximately 375 kilometres ⓘ
locatedIn central Colombia ⓘ
nearbyIndigenousCulture Muisca ⓘ
partOf Magdalena River basin ⓘ
passesNear Facatativá ⓘ
Funza ⓘ
Guaduas ⓘ
Madrid, Cundinamarca ⓘ
Mosquera ⓘ
Sasaima ⓘ
Soacha ⓘ
Tobia ⓘ
Villeta ⓘ
passesThrough Sabana Occidente Province ⓘ
Tequendama Province ⓘ
Upper Magdalena Valley ⓘ
pollutionSources industrial waste ⓘ
solid waste ⓘ
untreated sewage from Bogotá ⓘ
region Andean Region of Colombia ⓘ
sourceLocation Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes ⓘ
Guacheneque Páramo ⓘ
subjectOf environmental restoration projects ⓘ
water quality monitoring programs ⓘ
tributaryOf Magdalena River ⓘ
usedFor hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (40)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Anapoima → nearbyRiver → Bogotá River ⓘ
Departamento de Cundinamarca → containsRiver → Río Bogotá ⓘ
linked to: Bogotá River
Mosquera → locatedOnRiver → Bogotá River ⓘ
Sabana de Bogotá → drainedBy → Bogotá River ⓘ
Sabana de Bogotá → hasRiver → Bogotá River ⓘ
Suesca → hasRiver → Bogotá River ⓘ
Chía Municipality → hasRiver → Bogotá River ⓘ
Cota → locatedInOrNextToBodyOfWater → Bogotá River ⓘ
Metropolitan Area of Bogotá → hasRiver → Bogotá River ⓘ
Municipality of Soacha → locatedNear → Bogotá River ⓘ
Bogotá River basin → contains → Bogotá River ⓘ
Rocas de Suesca → nearbyWaterBody → Bogotá River ⓘ
Bogotá River canyon → river → Bogotá River ⓘ
Funza River → hasAlternativeName → Río Bogotá ⓘ
linked to: Bogotá River
Bogotá River → alsoKnownAs → Río Bogotá ⓘ
linked to: Bogotá River
Quebrada La Vieja → flowsInto → Bogotá River ⓘ
Arzobispo River basin → drainsTo → Bogotá River ⓘ
Fucha River headwaters → tributaryOf → Bogotá River (via Fucha River) ⓘ
linked to: Bogotá River
Tunjuelo River headwaters → flowsToward → Bogotá River ⓘ
Municipio de Chía → crossedByRiver → Río Bogotá ⓘ
linked to: Bogotá River
Chía → locatedInOrNextToBodyOfWater → Bogotá River ⓘ
subject linked to: Chía town
Municipality of Chía → locatedInOrNextToBodyOfWater → Bogotá River ⓘ
subject linked to: municipality of Chía
Funza municipality → traversedByRiver → Bogotá River ⓘ
Bogotá savanna → drainedBy → Bogotá River ⓘ
Río Magdalena → tributary → Río Bogotá ⓘ
linked to: Bogotá River
Tequendama → hasNotableFeature → Bogotá River ⓘ
Tequendama → riverValleyOf → Bogotá River ⓘ
Lake Tominé → watercourse → Bogotá River ⓘ
Río Funza → alsoKnownAs → Bogotá River ⓘ
Colombian Andes river system → hasPart → Bogotá River ⓘ
Río Subachoque → tributaryOf → Río Bogotá ⓘ
linked to: Bogotá River